robe

1. 1.

   clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

   Synonymsvest

   Broaderdress
2. 2.

   cover as if with clothing

   “the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”

   Synonymsclothecloakdrape

   Broadercover

Other forms of robe

plural

robes·

past tense

robed·

present participle

robing·

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 robe

What does robe mean?

robe means "any loose flowing garment". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in robe?

robe has 1 syllable: robe. In IPA it is /ˈɹoʊb/.

What is another word for robe?

Close synonyms include gown, vest, clothe, cloak, drape. 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 robe a common word?

robe 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.