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Synonyms for clothe

Most common

dress apparel garment attire endow

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

2. Robe

robe, drape, cloak, cover

3. Invest

adorn, invest formal dated

Other

endow, vest, don't, dight dated, endue formal dated, beclothe dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

    to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly

  2. v. 2

    To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

    to clothe somebody with authority or power

Related words

Word family
clothed
Is a kind of
cover decorate join

Forms

Past participle
clothed
e.g. clothed → drest, appareled, attired, garmented…

Example sentences

  • dress She stood out because she was wearing a red dress.
  • apparel We went up two floors to reach the apparel stalls.
  • garment 2. Sew together the shoulder of the garment body.
  • attire The neatness of his attire was almost incredible.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
clothesteady
dressrising
apparelsteady
garmentrising
attirerising
endowsteady

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

By length

3 letters
tog
4 letters
vest1, robe1, garb1
5 letters
cover2, dress1, array2, cloak1, equip2, adorn2, drape1, endow2, dight, endue
6 letters
invest2, attire3, enrobe
7 letters
apparel3, garment2
8 letters
enclothe, accouter, accoutre, beclothe
10 letters
habilitate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
vêtir
Italiano
vestire
Español
vestir
Deutsch
anziehen
Català
cobrir