as in jacket
a warm outdoor coat
put your overcoat on—it's freezing out there!
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Recent Examples of overcoat
The star added a pair of pointed-toe black pumps.
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Katie Holmes attended the Michael Kors cocktail party in a simple-yet-chic black column dress and black overcoat draped over her shoulders.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Her second look also included a black overcoat and knee-high boots, evoking one of Bessette-Kennedy’s 1996 ensembles.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 26 Jan. 2025
Video captured outside Kamal Adwan Hospital and verified by NBC News shows its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, wearing a white medical overcoat and walking alone toward a military vehicle.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Menswear aficionados will swoon for sweeping outerwear like von France’s overcoat with a three-tiered capelet.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Her second look also included a black overcoat and knee-high boots, evoking one of Bessette-Kennedy’s 1996 ensembles.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 26 Jan. 2025
Video captured outside Kamal Adwan Hospital and verified by NBC News shows its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, wearing a white medical overcoat and walking alone toward a military vehicle.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Menswear aficionados will swoon for sweeping outerwear like von France’s overcoat with a three-tiered capelet.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcoat
Noun
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The cropped and boxy jacket has two D patch pockets on the waist, a full zip front, and a zippered chest pocket.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Feb. 2025
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What To Know The jacket ranks among the top sellers in men's military outerwear on the platform owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tommy’s security guards wear SS-style greatcoats by Sarafina Bush.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2024
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The men were sporting tweets, Norfolk jackets and a camel hair greatcoat.—
Melanie Windridge,
Forbes,
24 May 2021
Noun
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His mission is to explore what tailoring can mean in the modern wardrobe, a mission that showed in the three-piece pinstripe suits, traditional waistcoats, topcoats with contrast collars and even a couple of long pleated skirts.—
Layla Ilchi,
WWD,
7 Feb. 2025
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Leopard spots and zebra stripes, formerly relegated to womenswear or edgy streetwear brands, have begun showing up on tailored topcoats, dinner jackets and even full-on bespoke garments.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Overcoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcoat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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