Synonyms for decoration
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Ornament
ornament, ornamentation, adornment, embellishment, garnish, trimming, garniture, garnishment
2. Ribbon
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
- n. 2
Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.
Related words
- Word family
- decorate
- Phrases
- interior decoration
Forms
- Plural
- decorations → ornaments, ornamentations, adornments, embellishments…
Example sentences
- ornament Friends who pay a visit are an ornament to the home.
- ornamentation He is singing with a lot of ornamentation.
- adornment It now became manifest that beauty is enhanced by adornment.
- ribbon The Ribbon of Saint George is a symbol of fascism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| decoration | steady | |
| ornament | falling | |
| ornamentation | falling | |
| embellishment | steady | |
| adornment | rising | |
| ribbon | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- palm1
- 5 letters
- medal2
- 6 letters
- ribbon2
- 7 letters
- garnish2, regalia3
- 8 letters
- ornament3, trimming2, insignia4
- 9 letters
- medallion3, adornment3, garniture
- 11 letters
- garnishment3
- 13 letters
- ornamentation5, embellishment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (medal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- décoration
- Italiano
- decorazione
- Español
- decoración
- Deutsch
- Dekoration
- Català
- adornament