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View synonyms for tailor-made

tailor-made

[ adjective tey-ler-meyd; noun tey-ler-meyd, -meyd ]

adjective

  1. custom-made; made-to-order; made-to-measure:

    an expensive tailor-made suit.

  2. fashioned to a particular taste, purpose, demand, etc.:

    a musical comedy tailor-made for the popular audience.



noun

  1. something, as a garment, that is tailor-made.

tailor-made

adjective

  1. made by a tailor to fit exactly

    a tailor-made suit

  2. perfectly meeting a particular purpose

    a girl tailor-made for him



noun

  1. a tailor-made garment
  2. slang.
    a cigarette made in a factory rather than rolled by hand

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tailor-made1

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

Obviously, the RGA chairmanship was tailor made for Governor Christie when he assumed the position on November 21, 2013.

The power ballad “Unconditionally” is tailor-made to soundtrack a Nicholas Sparks movie.

As Dooley sees it, green energy is an issue tailor made for Tea Party types.

The modest calf-length skirts and dresses could be tailor made for Kate Middleton.

This approach is, of course, tailor-made for local news outlets.

I am not the style for tailor-made things, but goodness knows I am glad enough to get anything.

She wore a neat tailor-made dress of brown cloth, and a small black velvet hat with a big gold buckle.

The tailor-made gown was not looked upon as a regenerator of æsthetic standards, but it has proved that.

Then the slender figure in its faultless tailor-made gown disappeared into the omnibus.

The cut of her tailor-made gown was perfection, her gloves and boots could scarcely have come from anywhere but Paris.

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