outfit

1. 1.

   provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

   “The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities”

   Synonymsequipfitfit out

   Broadersupply

   Narrowerrigmechanizefusecollarspurfinmotorizestockhorseshoeturn out

Other forms of outfit

plural

outfits·

past tense or participle

outfitted

present participle

outfitting

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 outfit

What does outfit mean?

outfit means "any cohesive unit such as a military company". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outfit?

outfit has 2 syllables: out-fit. The stress falls on "out". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˌfɪt/.

What is another word for outfit?

Close synonyms include getup, rig, turnout, kit, equip. 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 outfit a common word?

outfit is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with outfit?

7 words rhyme with outfit. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.