costumed

Dressed for masquerade

Costumed means wearing a costume—special clothing for a performance, celebration, or disguise.

Costumed actors filled the stage.

The costumed children went trick-or-treating.

The word often appears before nouns: a costumed ball, costumed performers, costumed characters at theme parks.

disguise

mask

Face-worn concealment

veiled · camouflage · impersonation · deception · concealment · alias · covert · spy · clandestine · infiltration

superhero

cape

Shouldered sleeveless wrap

  • maskFace-worn concealment
  • spandexElastic synthetic fiber
  • heroOne admired for courage

villain · sidekick · powers · identity · transformation · comic · vigilante · nemesis · origin · dual

masquerade

masked

Having face covered

gala · mysterious · gown · anonymous · intrigue · dance · soiree · ornate · feathered · gilded

parade

carnival

Traveling amusement attraction

  • festivalOrganized public celebration
  • floatBuoyant object or vehicle
  • sambaAfro-Brazilian celebratory dance

feathers · beads · marching · procession · pageant · celebration · spectacle · street · colorful · elaborate

halloween

witch

Practitioner of dark arts

  • vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
  • zombieReanimated dead body
  • ghostApparition of the dead

skeleton · werewolf · mummy · monster · phantom · spooky · haunted · candy · pumpkin · cobweb

theatrical

actor

One who portrays characters

rehearsal · wardrobe · stage · prop · wig · makeup · period · historical · character · role

Categories
Opposites
special attire vs. ordinary dress

costumedplainclothes

Civilian dress for officers

uncostumed · street clothes · dressed down · unadorned

dressed vs. undressed

costumedunclothed

Lacking any garments

naked · nude · undressed · bare · stripped

disguised vs. revealed identity

costumedunmasked

Had covering removed

undisguised · revealed · exposed · recognizable · identifiable

Phrases
Family

costume, costumes, costumer, costuming, costumers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G