Thesaurus results for WIGS

wigs

noun

plural of wig

as in rugs

a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area the cancer patient started wearing a wig after losing all of her hair from chemotherapy

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Recent Examples of wigs The design team includes Soutra Gilmour (scenic & costume design), Jon Clark (lighting design), Ben and Max Ringham (sound designers & composers), Fabian Aloise (choreographer), Carole Hancock (hair, wigs & make-up), Kate Waters (fight director), and Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy coordinator). —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 May 2026 Gibson’s wigs may change along the way, but his considerable capabilities at conveying a range of personalities stay the course. —

Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026 Clients can drop off wigs for washing and styling for around $40. —

Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 9 May 2026 Cast members Veronika Slowikowska, 30, and Chloe Fineman, 37, played Earle and Cooper, respectively, both wearing long blonde wigs and black tops. —

Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 Plastic trinkets and graffiti, television sets and bumper stickers, road signs and wigs—many might describe these items as disposable culture, signs of America’s crass habit of regarding anything as art. —

Hua Hsu, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 While Vosk’s sassier Cee Cee holds her own in the churn, Barrett, also a fine singer but trapped in the straight-and-narrow part (with sadder wigs), gets swept out to sea. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026 Davis attended the closings for the loans wearing wigs and other clothing to impersonate the players, officials say. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 The complaint does not say exactly how the wigs and do-rag helped Davis assume the three different players' identities. —

ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026

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Mattresses, rugs, carpets, and upholstered couches and chairs are also reservoirs for allergens.

— Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Al was already a hobbyist buyer of Maxfield Parrish prints, beat-up old oriental rugs, and velvet Victorian furniture, and collecting soon became a joint effort.

— Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 16 May 2026