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Synonyms for deck

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

emblazon hang

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Decorate

decorate, adorn, embellish, array, beautify, trim, grace, enrich, robe, dress, ornament, garnish, emblazon, commend, bedizen formal rare

2. Floor

floor, knock down, dump

3. Bedeck

bedeck rare, bedight dated

Other

hang

Noun

pack of cards, slide deck, library, pack, pac US, bindle, cold cock slang, subheadline rare, standfirst rare UK

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To furnish with a deck.

  2. v. 2

    To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.

    Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

  3. v. 3

    To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.

  4. n. 1

    Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

Related words

Word family
decklid
Phrases
deck out deck up deck of cards slide deck cassette deck cold deck deck angle deck chair
Is a kind of
headline

Forms

Plural
decks → libraries, packs, bindles, subheadlines…
Past participle
decked
e.g. decked → decorated, adorned, embellished, arrayed…

Choose the right word

Deck, Bedeck or Bedecks?

Deck and bedeck are commonly said of apparel; as, a mother bedecks her daughter with silk and jewels.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • hang Recently, you've been depressing to hang out with.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
deckrising
emblazonrising
hangrising

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

By length

3 letters
pac1
4 letters
pack1, hang1, dump1, trim1, robe1
5 letters
floor1, dress1, grace1, array2, adorn2
6 letters
enrich2, bindle2, bedeck2
7 letters
library3, commend2, garnish2, bedizen3, bedight
8 letters
decorate3, ornament3, beautify3, emblazon3
9 letters
embellish3
10 letters
standfirst
11 letters
subheadline

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