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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Union leaders decried these developments, but many rank-and-file workers were more forgiving, continuing to place Trump signs on their lawns and to show up at his rallies wearing MAGA hats.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Our country may be heading into tougher economic times, but these music lovers plan to face them with brand new BottleRock hats on their heads, glasses of merlot in their hands and earfuls of the Backstreet Boys and Slightly Stoopid.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 23 May 2026