Thesaurus results for HEADDRESS

headdress

noun

ˈhed-ˌdres

as in hat

a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress

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Recent Examples of headdress Despite the near absence of buyers wearing a traditional Arab headdress and robe at the Canton Fair, a vast showcase that started last week in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou, a brash new generation of tech companies stood out just as much. —

Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 For guests, the most popular props were headdresses—or sunglasses, for Gloria Vanderbilt. —

Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026 Most people remember her 1986 look—a very ab-baring Bob Mackie bralette and low-cut skirt, complete with feathery headdress, which was apparently a kind of revenge outfit for not being nominated that year. —

Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026 Pearls and portraiture and pearls are combined in headdresses; a gentleman’s glove is adorned with filigree and tourmalines. —

Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for headdress

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In part, this was because Riley, who is fifty-five, wore a gargantuan, lumpy tomato-red felt hat with a wide brim, like the cowboy hat worn by Quick Draw McGraw in the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Bathrooms boast soaking tubs and double shower heads, and closets contain straw beach totes, hats, and a yoga mat for use while on property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026