ready-to-wear

Questions about ready-to-wear

What does ready-to-wear mean?

ready-to-wear means "ready-made clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ready-to-wear?

ready-to-wear has 6 syllables and divides as re-a-dy--to--we-ar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ready-to-wear?

Close synonyms include off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, off-the-peg. 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 ready-to-wear a common word?

ready-to-wear 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.