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Dress

🔄 Synonyms of "Dress"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
setverb	(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
plumenoun	The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
preenverb	(of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
apparelnoun	Clothing.
trimnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
raimentnoun	(archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
clipnoun	To grip tightly.
garnishnoun	To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
coifnoun	A hairdo.
arrangeverb	(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
garbnoun	Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
garmentnoun	A single item of clothing.
formalnoun	Official.
attirenoun	(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
snipnoun	To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
coiffurenoun	Hairstyle.
doverb	(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
prunenoun	(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
frocknoun	A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
groomnoun	A man who is about to marry.
primpverb	(intransitive) To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.
decorateverb	(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
cut backverb	(transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
line upverb	(intransitive) To get into a line; especially, so as to wait one's turn.

↔️ Antonyms of "Dress"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
stripnoun	(countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
disrobeverb	(intransitive) To undress oneself.
undressverb	(intransitive) To remove one’s clothing.
discaseverb	(archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
strip downverb	(intransitive) To remove all of one's clothing.
unclotheverb	(transitive) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
uncaseverb	(transitive) To take out of a case or covering; to uncover.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dress"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
attirenoun	(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
dress outverb	(intransitive) To change one's clothes to prepare for outdoors activities, such as physical education; to be wearing clothes appropriate for such activities.
raimentnoun	(archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
get dressedverb	To dress; to put on clothes; to clothe oneself.
clotheverb	(transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
garmentnoun	A single item of clothing.
garbnoun	Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
apparelnoun	Clothing.
enclotheverb	(transitive) To cover with clothing.
tognoun	(informal) A photographer, especially a professional one.
frocknoun	A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
preennoun	A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
garnishnoun	A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
decorateverb	(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
coiffeverb	Alternative spelling of coif. [(transitive) To style or arrange hair.]
coifnoun	A hairdo.
coiffurenoun	Hairstyle.
fit outverb	(idiomatic) To provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.
snipnoun	The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
clipnoun	Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.