judge's robe

1. 1.

   a gown worn by academics or judges

   Synonymsacademic gownacademic robe

   Broadergown

   NarrowerGeneva gown

   Part ofacademic costume

Questions about judge's robe

What does judge's robe mean?

judge's robe means "a gown worn by academics or judges".

What is another word for judge's robe?

Close synonyms include academic gown, academic robe. 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 judge's robe a common word?

judge's robe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.