| Main Entry: | festoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate |
Synonyms: |
adorn, deck, drape, garnish, hang, trim, wreath |
| Main Entry: | bouquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flower arrangement |
Synonyms: |
boutonniere, buttonhole, corsage, festoon, garland, lei, nosegay, posy, pot, spray, vase, wreath |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reward, dignify |
Synonyms: |
adorn, arm, authorize, commission, coronate, delegate, determine, dower, enable, endow, endue, ennoble, enthrone, erect, establish, exalt, festoon, fix, heighten, honor, inaugurate, induct, install, invest, raise, sanction, set up, settle, stabilize, strengthen |
Antonyms: |
dishonor, disregard, fine, punish |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
Synonyms: |
ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl |
Antonyms: |
line |
| 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: | decoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular type of embellishment |
Synonyms: |
appliqué, arabesque, bauble, braid, color, curlicue, design, dingbat, doodad, extravagance, fandangle, festoon, filigree, finery, flounce, flourish, fretwork, frill, frippery, furbelow, fuss, garbage*, garnish, garniture, gewgaws, gilt, gimcracks, gingerbread, inlay, jazz, lace, ornament, parquetry, plaque, ribbon, scroll, sequin, spangle, thing*, tinsel, tooling, trimming, trinket, wreath |
| 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: | garland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strand of material, usually hung |
Synonyms: |
bays, chaplet, coronal, crown, festoon, honors, laurel, palm, wreath |
| Main Entry: | ornament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate |
Synonyms: |
adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, deck, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enrich, festoon, fix up, garnish, gild, grace, ornamentalize, polish, prank, prettify, primp, prink, smarten, spruce up, trim |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |