| Main Entry: | bedeck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dress up |
Synonyms: |
adorn, array, caparison, decorate, embellish, gem, grace, lard, ornament, trim |
| Main Entry: | adorn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate |
Synonyms: |
array, beautify, bedeck, deck, doll up, dress up, embellish, enhance, enrich, fix up, furbish, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, spruce up, trim |
Antonyms: |
damage, deform, hurt, leave plain, mar |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dress in fine clothes |
Synonyms: |
attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, deck out, decorate, dog out, drape, dud, dude up, fit, fit out, garb, outfit, suit up, tog, try on, turn out, wrap |
| Main Entry: | beautify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more physically attractive |
Synonyms: |
adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, improve, make up, ornament, prettify, set off, trim |
Antonyms: |
disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil |
| Main Entry: | deck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing, usually nice |
Synonyms: |
accouter, adorn, appoint, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, clothe, decorate, dress, dress up, embellish, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, prettify, primp, slick, trim |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
Antonyms: |
disrobe, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
Synonyms: |
add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
Synonyms: |
adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
Antonyms: |
bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make detailed; expand |
Synonyms: |
amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, expatiate, explain, expound, flesh out, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, particularize, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out |
Antonyms: |
make simple, simplify |
| Main Entry: | embellish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make beautiful; decorate |
Synonyms: |
add bells and whistles, adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up, elaborate, emblaze, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, fix up, fudge, garnish, gild, give details, grace, gussy up, magnify, ornament, overstate, spiff up, spruce up, trim |
Antonyms: |
deface, disfigure, mar, simplify, spoil, uglify |
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add fancy stitching, adornment |
Synonyms: |
beautify, bedeck, braid, color, cross-stitch, deck, decorate, embellish, fix up, garnish, gild, gussy up, knit, ornament, pattern, quilt, spruce up, stitch, weave pattern, work |