Englishhat
noun
head covering, cap, beanie, boater, bowler, bonnet, cloche, cowboy hat, fedora, helmet, homburg, shako, sombrero, sun hat, top hat, trilby, woolly hat;
Canadian toque;
British, informal titfer.
□ keep something under one's hatinformal □ old hat□ take one's hat off to
at the moment it's all a bit hush-hush, so keep it under your hat:
conceal, hide, cover up, disguise, dissemble, mask, veil;
keep secret, keep quiet about, keep dark, hush up, draw a veil over, sweep under the carpet, gloss over;
suppress, repress, bottle up, bury;
informal keep a/the lid on.
▷antonyms show, disclose, confess.
something that is exceedingly popular today is usually old hat by tomorrow:
out of date, outdated, dated, old-fashioned, out, out of fashion, outmoded, unfashionable, last year's, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outworn, old, old-time, old-world, behind the times, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated, defunct;
medieval, prehistoric, antediluvian, old-fogeyish, fusty, moth-eaten, olde worlde;
French passé, démodé, vieux jeu;
informal square, not with it, out of the ark, creaky, clunky, moldy;
Northern English, informal antwacky;
North American, informal horse-and-buggy, rinky-dink, mossy;
archaic square-toed.
▷antonyms modern, up to date, fashionable.
he was truly magnificent and I take my hat off to him:
praise, pay tribute to, sing the praises of, speak highly of, express admiration of, commend, acclaim, applaud, salute, honor, show appreciation of, appreciate, recognize, acknowledge, give recognition to, show gratitude to, be grateful for, pay homage to, extol;
rare laud.
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