Home › Words › C › cardigancardigan/ˈkɑːdɪɡən/cardigan · name — A town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).cardigan is pronounced /ˈkɑːdɪɡən/.EtymologyAnglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)nameA town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846).The County of Cardigan, a former synonym of Cardiganshire, Wales.e.g.“After running through the meadows for about a mile, the train enters the County of Cardigan, and follows the south bank of the Teifi to Cardigan Station.” — 1952 July, J. F. Burrell, “The Cardigan Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 485:A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.A surname.nounA type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.e.g.“[…] a coarsely knit white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.” — 1992, Norman Rush, Mating:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cardiganed 68% match — Wearing a cardigan. vs cardigan →cardie 66% match — A cardigan. vs cardigan →becardiganed 62% match — Wearing a cardigan vs cardigan →coatigan 59% match — A garment that is a hybrid of a coat and a cardigan. vs cardigan →bejumpered 59% match — Wearing a jumper (pullover/sweater). vs cardigan →ganzy 55% match — A pullover or sweater. vs cardigan →carder 55% match — A person employed to card wool. vs cardigan →cardi 55% match — A person from Cardiganshire. vs cardigan →