Synonyms for dress
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Attire — to put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe
attire, gown, garment, clothe, apparel, garb, skirt, robe, suit, drape, vest, fit, set out, trick out informal, invest formal, don't, equip, rig out, adorn, embellish, array, gear
Other
get dressed, decorate, bandage, garnish, groom, get ready, curry, plane, till, smooth, castigate
Noun
1. Costume
costume, clothes, clothing, uniform, vestment, vesture, livery, investment, wearing apparel dated, raiment formal dated, habiliment rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
He was dressed in the latest fashions.
- v. 2
To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- v. 3
To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.
- n. 1
An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.
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Array, raiment, and vesture are archaic or poetic; so, too, is habit, except in technical use to denote a lady's riding-dress. Dress has now largely displaced apparel and attire.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- gown It feels great to walk around the house in a gown.
- garment 2. Sew together the shoulder of the garment body.
- attire The neatness of his attire was almost incredible.
- clothe It's preferable that I clothe you instead of feeding you.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- set1, fit1, tie1, lop1
- 4 letters
- face1, till1, suit1, gear1, clip1, crop1, trim1, gown1, bind1, vest1, robe1, garb1, snip1, coif1
- 5 letters
- plane1, array2, skirt1, curry2, groom1, equip2, plume1, adorn2, prune1, frock1, drape1, preen1, primp1
- 6 letters
- smooth1, invest2, toilet2, adjust2, attire3, livery3, clothe1
- 7 letters
- clothes1, prepare2, uniform3, costume2, arrange2, apparel3, garment2, rigging2, bandage2, garnish2, raiment, vesture
- 8 letters
- clothing2, decorate3, toilette, coiffure, vestment2
- 9 letters
- embellish3, castigate3
- 10 letters
- investment3, habiliment
- 11 letters
- investiture4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (array2 = 2 syllables).