derby hat

1. 1.

   a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

   Synonymsbowler hatbowlerderbyplug hat

   Broaderhat

Questions about derby hat

What does derby hat mean?

derby hat means "a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim".

What is another word for derby hat?

Close synonyms include bowler hat, bowler, derby, plug hat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is derby hat a common word?

derby hat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.