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clothing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | clothes/clothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal attire |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, caparison, costume, covering, drag*, dress, duds*, ensemble, equipment, finery, frippery, frock, garb, gear, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags*, raiment, regalia, rigging, sack*, sportswear, things*, threads*, trappings, vestment, wardrobe, wear, Sunday best, accouterment, civvies, drapery, full feather, garments, get-up, hand-me-downs, livery, mufti, overclothes, panoply, tailleur, tatters, toggery, togs, tout ensemble, trousseau, underclothes, vesture, vines, weeds, zoot suit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attire |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, caparison, clothes, costume, covering, drag, dress, duds, ensemble, equipment, finery, frippery, frock, garb, gear, glad rags, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags, raiment, regalia, rigging, sack, sportswear, things, threads, trappings, vestment, wardrobe, wear, accouterment, civvies, drapery, feathers, full feather, garments, get-up, hand-me-downs, livery, mufti, overclothes, panoply, tailleur, tatters, tog, toggery, tout ensemble, trousseau, underclothes, vesture, vines |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, attire, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, deck, disguise, do up*, drape, dress, dress up, dud*, endow, equip, fit, garb, gown, guise, habit, invest, jacket, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, swaddle, swathe, turn out, vest, accouter, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, dandify, dizen, endue, enwrap, fit out, habilitate, livery, suit up, tog |
| Antonyms: | reveal, take off, uncover, unclothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | costume |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of clothes |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, clothing, dress, duds*, ensemble, fashion, garb, guise, mode, outfit, rig*, style, suit, uniform, wardrobe, getup, livery, robes |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | women's garment |
| Synonyms: | apron, clothing, dress, gown, habit, robe, muumuu |
| Main Entry: | wardrobe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothes or furniture for storing clothes |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, buffet, bureau, chest, chiffonier, closet, clothing, commode, cupboard, dresser, dry goods, duds*, locker, rags*, threads*, trunk, costumes, drapes, ensembles, garments, outfits, suits, toggery, togs, trousseau, vestments, weeds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soft goods |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | textiles or clothing |
| Synonyms: | clothing, dry goods, yard goods, linens, textiles, white goods |
| Main Entry: | raiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attire |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, clothes, clothing, garments |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapping, cover-up |
| Synonyms: | awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front*, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen*, spread, stopper, tarpaulin, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, wrapper, fig leaf, put-on, tarp, tegument, window-dressing, wraps |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of clothes or equipment |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, clothing, costume, ensemble, garb, gear, guise, kit, machinery, materiel, outlay, paraphernalia, provisions, rig, rigging, suit, supplies, tackle, trappings*, wardrobe, accoutrements, appliances, get-up, togs |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | role |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impersonation of a character |
| Synonyms: | act, acting, appearance, aspect, bit, character, clothing, execution, extra, guise, hero, lead, look, part, performance, personification, piece, player, portrayal, presentation, representation, seeming, semblance, show, star, stint, super, title, ingenue, walk-on |
| Main Entry: | suit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matching top and bottom clothing |
| Synonyms: | clothing, costume, dress, ensemble, habit, outfit, threads*, uniform, wardrobe, getup, gray flannel, livery, tuxedo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thing/things |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal possessions |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, baggage, belongings, clothes, clothing, duds*, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, luggage, odds and ends*, paraphernalia, personal effects, property, raiment, stuff, trappings, chattels, habiliments, personals, tricks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dress in fine clothes |
| Synonyms: | attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, decorate, drape, dud, fit, garb, outfit, try on, turn out, wrap, deck out, dog out, dude up, fit out, suit up, tog |
| Main Entry: | bundle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accumulate, package |
| Synonyms: | bale, bind, clothe, fasten, pack, tie, truss, wrap, palletize |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread, let go |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, bury, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, dress, eclipse, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, protect, put on, screen, secrete, shade, shield, shroud, superimpose, surface, veil, board up, bush up, cover up, do on the sly, encase, overspread, set on, stash, superpose |
| Antonyms: | lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap, lay bare |
| Main Entry: | deck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing, usually nice |
| Synonyms: | adorn, appoint, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, clothe, decorate, dress, dress up, embellish, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, ornament, primp, slick, trim, accouter, gussy up, prettify |
| Antonyms: | disrobe, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, envelop, fold, hang, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, suspend, swathe, wrap, enswathe, enwrap, lean over, let fall, spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, spruce up, trim, turn out, wear, bundle up, fit out, slip into, slip on, suit up |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, undress, lay bare, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | dress up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on one's best clothes |
| Synonyms: | array, attire, beautify, clothe, embellish, fix up, improve, preen, primp, slick, spruce up*, deck out, fit out*, gussy up, overdress, prettify, prink, smarten, spiff up, titivate |
| Antonyms: | dress down, dress casually |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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