nightgown

Other forms of nightgown

plural

nightgowns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nightgown

What does nightgown mean?

nightgown means "lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women".

How many syllables are in nightgown?

nightgown has 2 syllables: night-gown. The stress falls on "night".

What is another word for nightgown?

Close synonyms include gown, nightie, night-robe, nightdress. 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 nightgown a common word?

nightgown is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.