Thesaurus results for HATS

hats

noun

plural of hat

as in caps

a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown in those days, no properly dressed person left home without a hat

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Recent Examples of hats And many of the folks who worked on the flick are no longer around, like Doug Kenney, who wore both writing and producing hats. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 The crowd was a sea of Jackie hats and T-shirts, and at least one bald eagle plushie. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Shade, hats, sunscreen and plenty of drinking water should be part of your eclipse plan. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Crowds in an anachronistic fashion mashup of 1950s fedoras, 1940s newsboy caps, and 1960s pillbox hats celebrate some undefined New Year’s Eve of yore. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026 Paulina even allows the other girls (except Nana) to throw their hats in the ring. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026 The collection includes the clubhouse shirt players wore after clinching the NL East, on-field hats featuring the postseason patch and items such as pennants, pins, magnets, keychains and baseballs. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 This came through, literally, with a lavish ballgown, cossack hats and statement earrings done entirely in strips of straw-like material. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 That design allows for a wider variety of items, from the usual snacks and drinks to toiletries and gadget accessories, and, at this location, T-shirts, socks, and hats featuring the LA Metro’s capital-M logo. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

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Set the scene Step past the elegant doormen, caps raised, into a lobby where gold and silver leaves, suspended from the ceiling, catch the light that pours into the building through its vast crystal canopy roof.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Ballot measures are not subject to caps on campaign donations.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of caps

Noun

Park and Recreation recently instituted a 20 mph speed limit along the county’s greenway trails and already has some rules on the books, such as requiring helmets for riders aged 16 or younger.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
From 1965 to 1969, the Redskins donned burgundy helmets that featured a spear and feather on each side.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of helmets

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There was so much color, all these beautiful headdresses, and the male dancers were stomping their legs to mimic the drums.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
He was surrounded by Iranian flags, Egyptian fans donning King Tutankhamun headdresses and people who had made entire outfits out of their nation’s colors — all mixed among Pride flags.

— Sam McDowell July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Definition of headdresses

Noun

The milliner’s customers can go green — in every sense — wearing headpieces showcasing the cedar of Lebanon, or the rose of Sharon, a type of hibiscus native to areas of east Asia.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Now, a group of British lawmakers has called on the government to end the use of real bearskins in the ceremonial headpieces worn by the King’s Guard.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of headpieces

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