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/ˈkɑːdɪɡən/ · noun
A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool..
[…] a coarsely knit white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.
Suzette Sundae, a musician wearing a fifties-style swing dress and a white cardigan over her tattoos, said that she ran a vintage-clothing store in Park Slope. When the store’s traffic fell off, she had Airbnb-ed her home.
“I love that loungewear has become a prevailing new category,” said Barbara Lippert, 65, a writer. “During the worst part of the pandemic even jeans seemed like an overreach, requiring that complex button and zipper action. And cardigans were too much work.”
Use cardigan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cardigan means A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool..
Common synonyms include cardigan welsh corgi.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] a coarsely knit white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.
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