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Synonyms for decorate

Most common

ornament adorn embellish beautify dress

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To furnish with decorations.

    We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.

Forms

Past participle
decorated
e.g. decorated → adorned, embellished, beautified, ornamented…

Example sentences

  • ornament Friends who pay a visit are an ornament to the home.
  • adorn Man adorns the place, the place doesn't adorn the man.
  • embellish You're just seeking to embellish all this!
  • beautify We use them to beautify our home.
  • dress She stood out because she was wearing a red dress.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
decoraterising
ornamentfalling
adornrising
embellishrising
beautifysteady
dressrising

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

By length

4 letters
hang1, deck1, trim1
5 letters
dress1, grace1, array2, adorn2
6 letters
enrich2, bedeck2
7 letters
garnish2, varnish2, bedizen3
8 letters
ornament3, beautify3, emblazon3, prettify
9 letters
embellish3

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

In other languages

Français
décorer
Español
decorar
Deutsch
schmücken
Català
decorar