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Synonyms for dress up

  • verb

Most common

trick up deck out fancy up gussie up dress window-dress spin costume

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Deck out

deck out, gussie up, trick out informal, trick up, fancy up, array, fig out, deck up, attire, decorate, enrich, rig out, adorn, overdress, prink rare

2. Bard

bard, caparison rare

Other

dress, window-dress, spin, costume, scrub up, pimp up informal

Antonyms

dress down

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To put on special or fancy clothes.

    Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.

  2. v. 2

    To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.

    We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.

Related words

Phrases
dressed up

Example sentences

  • dress She stood out because she was wearing a red dress.

By length

4 letters
spin1, bard1
5 letters
dress1, array2, adorn2, prink
6 letters
attire3, enrich2
7 letters
costume2
8 letters
decorate3
9 letters
overdress3, caparison

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

In other languages

Français
travestir
Italiano
travestire