Synonyms for deck
dɛkdeck

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1. deck

   To embellish is to brighten and enliven by adding something that is not necessarily or very closely connected with that to which it is added; to illustrate is to add something so far like in kind as to cast a side-light upon the principal matter. An author embellishes his narrative with fine descriptions, the artist illustrates it with beautiful engravings, the binder gilds and decorates the volume. Garnish is on a lower plane; as, the feast was garnished with flowers. Deck and bedeck are commonly said of apparel; as, a mother bedecks her daughter with silk and jewels. To adorn and to ornament alike signify to add that which makes anything beautiful and attractive, but ornament is more exclusively on the material plane; as, the gateway was ornamented with delicate carving. Adorn is more lofty and spiritual, referring to a beauty which is not material, and can not be put on by ornaments or decorations, but seems in perfect harmony and unity with that to which it adds a grace; if we say, the gateway was adorned with beautiful carving, we imply a unity and loftiness of design such as ornamented can not express. We say of some admirable scholar or statesman, "he touched nothing that he did not adorn."

   At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
   His looks adorned the venerable place.
   

   Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 178.

   Synonyms:
   adorn, beautify, bedeck, decorate, embellish, garnish, gild, illustrate, ornament

   Antonyms:
   deface, deform, disfigure, mar, spoil

   Preposition:
   Adorn his temples with a coronet.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. decknoun

   any of various platforms built into a vessel

   Synonyms:
   deck of cards, pack of cards

2. decknoun

   street name for a packet of illegal drugs

   Synonyms:
   deck of cards, pack of cards

3. pack of cards, deck of cards, decknoun

   a pack of 52 playing cards

   Synonyms:
   deck of cards, pack of cards

4. deckverb

   a porch that resembles the deck on a ship

   Synonyms:
   deck of cards, pack of cards

5. deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautifyverb

   be beautiful to look at

   "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

   Synonyms:
   fancify, grace, dramatise, bedeck, ornament, adorn, dump, decorate, clothe, aggrandise, invest, blow up, aggrandize, embroider, dress, lard, coldcock, embellish, prettify, bedight, beautify, floor, knock down, pad, dramatize

6. deck, bedight, bedeckverb

   decorate

   "deck the halls with holly"

   Synonyms:
   bedeck, embellish, beautify, coldcock, floor, knock down, adorn, bedight, grace, dump, decorate

7. deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floorverb

   knock down with force

   "He decked his opponent"

   Synonyms:
   grace, bedeck, adorn, blow out of the water, dump, push down, decorate, shock, down, cut down, underprice, ball over, embellish, pull down, coldcock, ditch, bedight, beautify, floor, knock down, plunge, take aback, blast

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Beat
   • Decorate
   • Pack
   • Packet
   • Platform

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deckverb

   Synonyms:
   adorn, embellish, decorate, ornament, array, beautify

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1. deckverb

   Synonyms:
   bedeck, bedizen, array

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1. List of paraphrases for "deck":

   bridge, apron, decks, pont, terrace, floor, decking, shield, cockpit, bridges, bezel, game, balcony, cover, platform, barajas, platinum, patio

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deck

   Synonyms:
   Bag; packet of drugs

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1. John Milton:

   When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest uponWhat would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwellAbsence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well

2. Laura Swenson:

   Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.

3. Jerry Coleman:

   Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

4. Damon Runyon:

   One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.

5. Rick Savage:

   I couldfit people in a six-foot spaceeverywhere and openback up for business, if ...people feel comfortable coming in, come in. If they dont feel comfortable, call us and well deliver it to your car. If you want to sit on the deck, sit on the deck.