Synonyms for tailor
ˈteɪ lərtai·lor

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1. tailor, seamster, sartorverb

   a person whose occupation is making and altering garments

   Synonyms:
   sartor, seamster

2. tailor, orientverb

   adjust to a specific need or market

   "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"

   Synonyms:
   orientate, orient, cut, point, sew, tailor-make

3. cut, tailorverb

   style and tailor in a certain fashion

   "cut a dress"

   Synonyms:
   veer, bring down, snub, turn off, edit out, cut, burn, rationalize, hack, trim down, sew, write out, prune, thin, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, cut off, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, contract, foreshorten, dilute, curve, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, turn out, disregard, issue, orient, tailor-make, cut back, abbreviate, trend

4. sew, tailor, tailor-makeverb

   create (clothes) with cloth

   "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"

   Synonyms:
   tailor-make, sew, sew together, customize, customise, custom-make, stitch, run up, cut, orient

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1. • Adapt

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1. customize

   to personalize based on needs or situation

   the insurance company can customize your policy.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2021  

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1. tailornoun

   Synonyms:
   maker of men's clothes

2. tailornoun

   Synonyms:
   (Ich.) blue-fish, ship-jack, snapping mackerel (temnodon saltator)

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1. tailornoun

   Associated words:
   sartorial

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1. List of paraphrases for "tailor":

   adapt, customize, adjust, adapting, personalize, suit, seamstress, cutter, tailoring

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How to use tailor in a sentence?

1. Marco Rubio:

   Let’s not forget that last night was supposed to be Ted Cruz’s big night. It was the night where he was going to sweep. The states were tailor made for the kind of campaign he was running. We beat him in Georgia. We beat him in half the states on the map.

2. Jason Chua:

   Personalization is something consumers expect universally. They can tailor anything from their phone to a coffee order to a loan online, airlines are responding to that desire for customization, but right now there are significant limitations to bringing a similar level of choice to commercial air travel -- even the smallest change in an aircraft cabin can take anywhere from seven to 10 years.

3. Orrin Hatch:

   These are restrictions that the Islamic State could use to its advantage, if we are telling the Islamic State upfront that we will not use ground forces, will they not tailor their strategy around that fact? If we advertise when the authorization expires at an arbitrary date ... will they not hunker down and wait for that date?

4. Jason Miller:

   Whether we would go first from our global fixed income portfolio or tailor towards different segments of the fixed income markets is a strategic decision my product team is working on. But clearly we see a significant opportunity in bringing global fixed income exposure to Tokyo.

5. Engineer.AI:

   Our human-assisted AI (artificial intelligence) can build tailor-made software using the collective knowledge of what has been built before; an assembly line connects re-usable features with specialist creators. - Engineer.ai CEO