embellishes - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | embellish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make beautiful; decorate |
| Synonyms: | adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up*, elaborate, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, fix up*, fudge*, garnish, gild, grace, magnify, ornament, overstate, spruce up*, trim, add bells and whistles, emblaze, give details, gussy up, spiff up |
| Antonyms: | deface, disfigure, mar, simplify, spoil, uglify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, ornament, spruce up, trim, gussy up |
| Antonyms: | damage, deform, hurt, mar, leave plain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beautify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, grace, improve, make up, ornament, trim, glamorize, prettify, set off |
| Antonyms: | disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil |
| Main Entry: | become |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enhance |
| Synonyms: | accord, adorn, agree, augment, display, embellish, enrich, fit, flatter, garnish, grace, harmonize, heighten, match, ornament, suit, be appropriate, belong to, go together, go with, make handsome, set off |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
| Synonyms: | adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, wash, chalk, fresco, pinken, variegate |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Antonyms: | discolor, pale, whiten |
| 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: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catalog, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, itemize, lay out, narrate, portray, produce, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, tell, uncover, circumstantiate, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, particularize, quote chapter and verse, set forth, sweat details |
| Antonyms: | hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| 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
| 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, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out, flesh out, particularize |
| Antonyms: | simplify, make simple |
| Main Entry: | emblazon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adorn |
| Synonyms: | beautify, brighten, color, deck, decorate, do up*, embellish, fix up, ornament, paint, spruce up, add finishing touches, gussy up, jazz up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add fancy stitching, adornment |
| Synonyms: | beautify, bedeck, braid, color, deck, decorate, embellish, fix up, garnish, gild, knit, ornament, pattern, quilt, spruce up*, stitch, work, cross-stitch, gussy up, weave pattern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate information |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge*, heighten, lie, magnify, overdo, overstate, pad*, play up*, puff*, stretch, yeast*, blow-up, hyperbolize, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch the truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, augment |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, bloat, blow up*, bolster, broaden, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, pad, prolong, protract, pyramid*, spread, stretch, swell, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax*, widen, bulk up, fan out*, open out, outspread, piggyback, puff up, slap on, soup up, spread out, stretch out, tack on |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go into detail |
| Synonyms: | amplify, beef up*, build up, develop, dilate, discourse, drag out*, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, expatiate, expound, extend, spell out, sweeten, flesh out |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, shorten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complement, enhance |
| Synonyms: | adorn, beautify, become, decorate, embellish, enrich, finish, grace, ornament, perfect, suit, do something for, go with*, put in best light, set off, show to advantage |
| Antonyms: | mismatch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fake, misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | avoid, color, cook up*, dodge, embellish, embroider, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, hedge, magnify, overstate, pad, patch, shuffle, slant, stall |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain by drawing, decorating |
| Synonyms: | adorn, delineate, depict, embellish, illuminate, limn, ornament, paint, picture, portray, represent, sketch |
| Main Entry: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate, blow out of proportion |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, blow up*, boost, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, enhance, fudge*, inflate, overcharge, overdo, overplay, overrate, overstate, pad*, pyramid, make mountain of molehill, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overstress, puff up |
| Antonyms: | diminish, play down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misrepresent/misquote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, distort |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff*, skew, slant, snow*, stretch, twist, warp, cover up, give snow job, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, spread it on, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up |
| Antonyms: | explain, be forthright, be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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