tailor-made adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke. •Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements.Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have a tailor-made facility ready and waiting. — 2023 noun2 •A piece of clothing made by a tailor; (specifically), a dress made by a tailor rather than by a dressmaker, and hence plainer in style.Leonora always appeared to me at her best in a blue tailor-made. — 1915 •(slang) Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”). formstailor-mades