Outfit

Definition: Outfit

Outfit

Noun

1. Any cohesive unit such as a military company.

2. A set of clothing (with accessories).

3. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.

Verb

1. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "outfit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Outfit

Clothing

Outfit, equipment, trousseau; uniform, regimentals; continentals; canonicals; livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery; day wear, night wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade.

Preparation

Arrangement; clearance; adjustment; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array.

Crosswords: Outfit

I picked you for the job, not because I think you're so darn smart, but because I thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit. Guess I was wrong (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder)

That's one bad outfit! Whoa (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

You know Salt, fear gets a bad rap. I don't want anybody in my outfit that doesn't get scared (Outbreak; writing credit: Laurence Dworet; Robert Roy Pool)

What kind of a Mickey Mouse outfit would name their team The Ducks (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick)

Ja, thank you, ja. Let's hear it for my music guy, Skoey! That's some outfit, Skoey (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The Outfit (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Death Wore a Smart Little Outfit (reference)

• Junie B. Jones Doll in School Outfit (reference)

• The Outfit (reference)

• The Trouble Busters (Floating Outfit Story) (reference)

• The Wolf River Outfit [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Outfit (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Items for the Full Outfit (reference)

• Tight Little Outfit (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Nikon 15-45x60 Spotting Scope Outfit (reference)

• Olympus C2500 SLR Digital Camera Outfit (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Ed Brown's astro outfit Astro party of E. J. Brown. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The truck and outfit White 1 and 1/2 ton truck Astro party of C.V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The upper laboratory on the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate IV, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The chart-room on the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate V, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

1. Common dredge. 2. Chester rake-dredge. 3 and 4. Blake dredge. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate XLIX, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Tangle bar. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate L, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The tangles. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate LI, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The ALBATROSS dredging. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate I, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

"The cabin." This was the captain's quarters. The individual sitting is Zera Luther Tanner, first commanding officer of the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS" , by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate III. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Steam plow outfit. Credit: USDA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

As in many countries, teenage apparel in Argentina sells very well. Adolescents are prone to shop every two weeks, looking for that new outfit. (references)

Due to this common standard, people must outfit their new apartments before moving in by hiring a small contractor to purchase the materials, or by purchasing the materials and completing the work themselves. (references)

The first two phases will cover the northern reaches of the Gulf of Thailand, and the last two phases will outfit the lower basin of the gulf. After completion of this development plan, the navy would receive early warning of any threats from hostile forces, and would be able to integrate its C3I systems for both tactical and strategic combat maneuvering. (references)

Civil Liberties

Gambia

The journalists claimed that the newspaper was being used as a political organ of the APRC, and they maintained that they wanted to disassociate themselves from what they saw as a propaganda outfit to promote the political interest of one group at the expense of others. (references)

Economic History

India

It can use different types of marketing intermediaries; it can structure its channel into a single tier or a three-tier outfit. (references)

Switzerland

Another observed trend is towards complete outfit packages, which offer optimum compliance between ski/snowboard, binding and shoe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "outfit": cooking outfit ♦ outfit of tools ♦ puncture outfit ♦ puncture repair outfit ♦ repair outfit ♦ the whole outfit. Additional references.

Containing "outfit": formal-summer-outfit-with-hat.

Afrikaans

pak klere (costume, suit). (various references)

Albanian

organizatë (organization), veshje (apparel, array, article of clothing, ascription, attire, attribution, clothes, clothing, cloudiness, dress, dressing, fig, furnishings, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliments, habit, incrustation, overlay, papering, raggery, raiment, sheath, strip, suit, tog, toggery, togs, vesture, wear), takëme (gear, paraphernalia), rrobë (apparel, dress), pajis (accoutre, arm oneself, endow, endue, equip, fit, fit out, fit up, fix up, furnish, habilitate, indue, rig out, set, store, supply), pajime (equipment, furniture, gear, kit, trappings, turn out), mjete (mean, means, tackle, utensil), kostum (costume, get up, kit, rig, suit, thread), i jap mjete, grup i organizuar, furnizoj (deliver, equip, equip with, feed, fit out, furnish, lay on, provide with, purvey, supply, victual). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملابس (apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garment, gear, gown, raiment, rig, rigging, robe, suit, toggery, togs, wear), ‏معدات التصليح, ‏معدات (equipment, gear, kit, paraphernalia, supply, things, tools), ‏تزويد (equipping, supply), ‏تجهيزات (appointment, equipment, fitting, fixture, rigging, supply), ‏تجهيز (accommodation, equipment, preparation), ‏سلاح الفارس, ‏زود (accommodate, assort, button, cap, chock, cover, eke out, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, gloss, irrigate, lend, provide, purvey, rig out, serve, set up, store, supply, tool up), ‏عدة (apparatus, equipage, equipment, gang, kit, several, sundry, tackle), ‏جهز (accommodate, activate, appoint, device, equip, equip with, fit, fit out, furnish, gear, get ready, pack up, prepare, provide, set off, set smb. up in smth., stand by, think out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

учреждение (body, establishment, institute, institution, service, shebang, shop), снаряжение (order), снабдявам (accommodate, arm, cater, feed, find, fit out, fit up, fuel, furnish, issue, provide, purvey, rig out, set up, stock, suit, supply), част (concern, detachment, division, fraction, interest, lap, leg, member, movement, parcel, part, partition, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rate, section, segment, share, slice, snack, unit), команда (brigade, command, detail, instruction, party, squad), комплект (complement, gang, set, suit, suite), организирана група, обзавеждам се, обзавеждам (equip, furnish, provide), екипировка (equipments, fixings, furniture, habiliment, kit, turnout), екипирам (accouter, accoutre, equip, fit out, kit, provide, rig out), екип (crew, duffel, duffle, equipments, kit, party, team, turnout), предприятие (development, proposition, show), поделение (detachment, division, element, ramification, section, unit), дружина (group). (various references)

Catalan

vestit (costume, dress, gown, robe, suit). (various references)

Chinese 

旅行裝備 , 成套装备. (various references)

Czech

vybavení (appointments, equipage, equipment, facility, fitting, paraphernalia), výzbroj (armament, armature, equipment, fit out, hardware, panoply, paraphernalia, weaponry), výstroj (equipment, fittings, gear, trim), výprava (campaign, get up), parta (batch, bunch, crew, crowd, gang, lot, set, team), šaty (apparel, clothes, dress, dresses, frock, garments, suit, wear). (various references)

Danish

værktøj (means, tool), udrustning (equipment, fitting out, outfitting, plant, tackle), remedier (artillery, business, factory, kit, machinery, rig, tools, works), fixesæt (artillery, business, factory, kit, machinery, rig, tools, works), dragt (costume, suit). (various references)

Dutch

stelletje (pair, set, suit), stel (bevy, collection, good great group, group, heap, herd, pack, pair, put, set, suit), set (bevy, collection, good great group, group, heap, herd, pack, series, set, suit), complet (set, suit). (various references)

Esperanto

kostumo (costume, suit), kompleto (set, suit, suit man's clothing). (various references)

Faeroese

búni (costume, suit). (various references)

Farsi 

همسفر, لوازم فنی , گروه (A, Administration, Army, Assembly, Bunch, Class, Clinch, Clique, Cluster, Cohort, Company, Concourse, Corps, Covey, Crowd, Ensign, Flock, Gang, Group, Kind, Pack, Rout, School, Seaboard, Shoal, Skulk, Team, Throng), توشه (Luggage, Provision), تجهیزکردن (Mobilize), تجهیز, سازوبرگ اماده کردن , سازوبرگ (Equipment, Ordnance), بنه سفر (Kit, Luggage). (various references)

Finnish

varustus (defences, equipment, fortifications), varusteet (equipment), varuste (armament), tamineet (equipment), puku (clothes, costume, dress, frock, garments, gown, robe, suit), poralaitteet, laitteisto (apparatus, equipment, facilities), laite (apparatus, appliance, device, gadget), kalusto (equipment, fixtures, furniture, implements), kairauskalusto. (various references)

French

costume, équipement (fitting out). (various references)

German

Ausrüstung (apparatus, armament, equipage, equipment, equipping, fitting out, furnishing, gear, kit, machinery, materiel, rig, tackle, tooling), Kostüm (costume, suit). (various references)

Greek 

εξοπλισμός (apparatus, armament, equipment, kit). (various references)

Hebrew 

מערכת כלים (kit, set), לצי�" (arm, equip, fit out, fit up, furnish, provide, set up, stock, supply), תלבושת (costume, dress, garment, rig out), ציו�" (equipment, gear, kit, rig, supply, tackle). (various references)

Hungarian

kelengye (trousseau), készlet (backlog, hoard, kit, resource, resources, set, stock, suit, suite, supply). (various references)

Indonesian

perlengkapan (appurtenance, equipment, gadget). (various references)

Italian

costume (costume, custom, fancy dress, habit, suit, usage, use, way, wont), attrezzatura (equipment, rig, rigging, tackle), abito (apparel, article, article of clothing, attire, costume, dress, garment, gown, habit, robe, suit, vest, vesture). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

衣装 (clothing, costume, dress, garment). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いしょう (alias, clothing, costume, design, dress, garment, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, strange phenomenon, vision), いでたち (dress), よそおい (dress, equipment), みなり (appearance, dress, getup, personal appearance), みじたく (dress, dressing or outfitting oneself, getup, preparation, turnout). (various references)

Korean 

차림새. (various references)

Manx

cullee (aspect of sky, equipment, flag, insignia, kept woman, materials, suit). (various references)

Papiamen

flus (costume, suit), bistí (costume, dress, gown, robe, suit). (various references)

Pig Latin

outfitay.(various references)

Portuguese

equipamento (accoutrement, accoutrements, appointments, fig, fit-out, furniture, gear, habiliment, materiel, paraphernalia, rig, stock-in-trade, tackle), terno (set, suit), fato (fact, set, suit), aprestos (equipment), apetrechos (equipage, gear, habiliment, paraphernalia, tackle). (various references)

Romanian

utilaj (appointment, equipment, harness, installation, machinery, stock in trade, tools), instalaţie (appliance, equipment, installation, plant, rig, service, setting), echipament (accoutrement, accoutrements, appointment, equipage, equipment, fig, furnishings, furniture, harness, kit, stock in trade, tool), echipa (accoutre, appoint, commission, equip, fit, man, prepare, rig, set out), dispozitiv (apparatus, appliance, contrivance, device, fitment, spreader), costum (coat and skirt, costume, dress, suit, toilet), armare (armament, cocking, reinforcement), aparataj (apparatus), înzestrare (capacity, dowering, endowment, endowments, equipage, gift, gifts, talents). (various references)

Russian 

установка (adjustment, collocation, erection, fitting, fixing, hold-down, installation, mounting, setting, set-up, setups, stance). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

opremiti (accoutre, equip, fit out, fit up, rig, rig out, rig up, turn out), oprema (equipment, fitment, fittings, kit, rig, set out, tackling), odelo (dress, guise, habiliment, suit, toggery, vestment, vesture), odeća (apparel, clothes, clothing, dress, garb, habiliment, habiliments, outerwear, raiment, rig, togs, vestments), jedinica (one, unit). (various references)

Spanish

traje (costume, ensemble, frock, garb, gear, gown, overalls, suit), equipo (accouterment, accouterments, apparatus, appointments, crew, equipage, equipment, gang, gear, kit, lot, party, plant, set, shift, side, squad, tackle, team, things). (various references)

Swedish

utstyrsel (accoutrement, accoutrements, caparison, format, get up, get-up, trappings, turnout), utrustning (accoutrement, accoutrements, equipage, equipment, fit out, fitting out, fixings, furnishing, furniture, issue, kit, paraphernalia, rig), utrusta (commission, endue, equip, fit, fit out, fit up with, furnish, invest, kit out, kit up, munition, provide, store up), kläder (apparel, clothes, clothing, dress, duds, kit, tog, wear). (various references)

Turkish

takım (band, battery, brigade, bunch, clique, Covey, fitment, gang, gear, group, platoon, posse, set, side, squad, suit, suite, tackle, team, tribe), malzeme sağlamak, malzeme (apparatus, findings, furnishing, furniture, ingredient, instruments, kit, makings, material, materiel, necessaries, provisions, requisite, stock, topping, turnout, utensil), ekip (brigade, crew, firm, gang, party, platoon, shift, squad, stable, team), donatmak (arm, attire, bedeck, bedight, catch up, damask, deck out, decorate, equip, furnish, gird, invest, ornament, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, rig out, turn out), birlik (alliance, body, brotherhood, coalescence, collaboration, combination, combine, communion, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, contingent, corps, ensemble, establishment, fellowship, force, fraternity, gild, guild, league, legion, oneness, pool, posse, solidarity, troop, unanimity, union, unit, unity), araç gereç (equipment, findings, instruments, kit, paraphernalia), aletler (apparatus, instrumentation, services). (various references)

Turkmen 

enjamlaюdyrmak (equip). (various references)

Ukrainian

обмундирування (clothing, regimentals, uniform), партія геологів, повний комплект одягу, постачати обладнання, приладдя (accessories, belongings, implement, tackle, utensil), підпри�"мство (enterprise), апаратура (apparatus), агрегат (aggregate, aggregation, assembly, collectivity, rig), екіпірування, екіпірувати (fit out), забезпечувати устаткуванням, одяг (apparel, caparison, clobber, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garments, investment, rag, raiment, rig out, tailoring, things, togs, vestment, wear), джазовий ансамбль, обмундировувати, устаткування (equipment, machinery, stock in trade), озброювати (arm, weapon), оснащення (rigging), видатки на спорядження, військова частина (organization), група (assemblage, batch, bracket, bunch, circle, class, cluster, gang, group, packet, set), комплект (assembly, bank, battery, bevy, complement, kit, set, set out, shook, suite), компанія (bevy, clan, company, crowd, party, room), фракція в парламенті, споряджати (apparel, busk, fit out, rig out, set out), спорядження (apparel, equipage, pack, rigging, webbing), інструмент (apparatus, instrument, tool, utensil), установа (establishment, organ, service, shop), обладнання (accessories, appointments, equipment, fitments, furnishing). (various references)

Vietnamese 

quần áo gi� y mũ..., đ�" trang bị (appointment). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "outfit": outfits, outfitted, outfitter, outfitters, outfitting. (additional references)

Words ending with "outfit": reoutfit. (additional references)

Words containing "outfit": reoutfits, reoutfitted, reoutfitting. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Outfit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Footitt, Lutfi, multifit, oudit, outfast, outfish, outi, outpit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: toft, tofu, toit, tout, tuft.

-3 letters: fit, fou, oft, out, tot, tui, tut.

-4 letters: if, it, of, ti, to, ut.

+1 letter: outfits.

+2 letters: fortuity, outfight, reoutfit.

+3 letters: fortitude, outfights, outfitted, outfitter, reoutfits.

+4 letters: factitious, fictitious, fortitudes, fortuities, fortuitous, muttonfish, outfasting, outfitters, outfitting, outfooting, refutation.

+5 letters: confutation, confutative, counterfeit, flirtatious, fluctuation, frustration, fustigation, infatuation, multifactor, outfeasting, outfighting, refutations, reoutfitted, thiosulfate, tumefaction.