Synonyms for beautify

Most common

decorate · adorn · embellish · prettify · pretty-print

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Verb

Antonyms

disfigure, deface, mar

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

Related words

Word family

beautification beautifying

Forms

Past participle

beautified
e.g. beautified → adorned, decorated, embellished, prettified…

Example sentences

• decorate Tom helped his mother decorate the Christmas tree.
• adorn Man adorns the place, the place doesn't adorn the man.
• embellish You're just seeking to embellish all this!
• prettify She began to prettify herself.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

deck¹, trim¹

5 letters

grace¹, array², adorn²

6 letters

enrich², bedeck²

7 letters

garnish², fancify

8 letters

decorate³, ornament³, emblazon³, prettify

9 letters

embellish³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (array² = 2 syllables).