TAILOR Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of tailor

as in to adjust

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation the stand-up comic refused to tailor his routine for network television

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Recent Examples of tailor

Verb

The show looks both stylish and cutting, with everyone’s prep-school uniform somehow perfectly tailored to them. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 July 2026 Researchers will also need to come up with refining methods and infrastructure tailored to the lunar environment. — Clive Neal, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Noun

Nolan, for his directorial or writing faults, is an exceptionally talented technical filmmaker, and seemed tailor made to bring ancient Greece and the legendary story to life. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 Knowing that New York City was where the masters worked, Shattuck moved there, took a job under Alan Flusser, and met Raphael Raffaelli, the Argentinean tailor who would become his maestro. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tailor

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Verb

The new plan would have adjusted VRT’s On-Demand ride booking service, which includes van pools and ride hailing services.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
The families have spent this time adjusting to new realities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of adjust

Noun

And in the future, Mimi’s hopes to partner with neighboring small businesses, hold classes for more advanced stitchers and even throw Bachelor watch parties.

— Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
At the game in June, the Mets provided the group with event space where the knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers, needle pointers, sewers and embroiderers could connect with each other.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

Definition of stitcher

Verb

Sassa hopes the project will eventually yield advanced devices that can — much like living organisms — self-assemble, adapt to their surroundings, and autonomously repair themselves.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
Meanwhile, crypto has finally moved beyond its speculative era as new players like Hyperliquid adapt blockchain rails for trading conventional commodities like oil, and as big Wall Street firms embrace tokenized assets.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of adapt

Verb

Also, as open-source models, developers can download the models for free and tweak them to suit their own purposes.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026
That’s hardly an accident, as lawmakers have increasingly manipulated the election process to suit themselves, rejiggering congressional districts to sideline voters and boost their political parties.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of suit

Noun

Diné weaver Marilou Schultz has been probing the harmonies and dissonances between these technologies since the 1960s.

— Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
Though the craft has traditionally been passed down from mother to daughter across Gullah Geechee communities, Alston learned the skill from his mother-in-law 22 years ago and is now a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

Definition of weaver

Verb

These include completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) by the end of 2026, which will establish the certifiable design baseline for the aircraft and enable the production and testing of certification-conforming models.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Pressure on talent to aesthetically conform used to arise quietly, behind the scenes, from agents, managers and others within the system.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of conform

Noun

Serving as seamstress and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln, Keckley is remembered today as a designer, educator, abolitionist, and writer.

— Melia Patria, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Here at this 200,000-square-foot factory, seamstresses work eight and sometimes 12 hours a day weaving together the American flag.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of seamstress

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