negligee

Questions about negligee

What does negligee mean?

negligee means "a loose dressing gown for women".

How many syllables are in negligee?

negligee has 3 syllables: ne-gli-gee. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for negligee?

Close synonyms include neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat. 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 negligee a common word?

negligee 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.