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Synonyms for dress up
dress up
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word dress up.
Wiktionary
dress upverb
Antonyms:
dress downdress upverb
Antonyms:
dress downdress upverb
We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.
Antonyms:
dress downdress upverb
Antonyms:
dress downdress upverb
Antonyms:
dress down
Princeton's WordNet
overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog outverb
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Synonyms:
deck out, prink, drum, rise, dress, prepare, gussy up, bone up, mug up, fancy up, costume, elevate, uprise, barde, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, cram, arise, swot up, bring up, organize, window-dress, swot, caparison, organise, stand up, bard, raise, work up, attire, get up, bone, turn out, fig out, trick out, devise, tog out, overclothe, overdress, machinate, fig upAntonyms:
dress down, underdressdress up, window-dressverb
make something appear superficially attractive
"The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
Synonyms:
tog up, prink, trick out, fancy up, fig up, rig out, deck out, bard, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, fig out, get up, overdress, attire, trick upAntonyms:
underdress, dress downcaparison, bard, barde, dress upverb
put a caparison on
"caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
Synonyms:
tog up, prink, trick out, trick up, fancy up, fig up, rig out, deck out, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, bard, fig out, get up, overdress, attireAntonyms:
underdress, dress downcostume, dress upverb
dress in a costume
"We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
Synonyms:
tog up, prink, trick out, fancy up, fig up, rig out, deck out, bard, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, fig out, get up, overdress, attire, trick upAntonyms:
dress down, underdressdress, dress upverb
dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
Synonyms:
line up, rig out, prink, decorate, curry, clip, preen, fig up, apparel, fancy up, deck out, primp, prune, barde, trick up, garment, habilitate, tog up, deck up, trim, dress out, arrange, gussy up, garb, attire, raiment, window-dress, coiffe, do, overdress, coiffure, get dressed, bard, plume, coif, trick out, get up, garnish, caparison, fig out, fit out, crop, costume, tog out, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress, groomAntonyms:
dress down, underdress
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#47 | do | |
#189 | set | |
#2005 | apparel | |
#2549 | clip | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2868 | dress | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#4053 | bone | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4807 | drum | |
#5648 | crop | |
#5849 | costume | |
#5998 | trim | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7411 | organize | |
#7475 | arrange | |
#11535 | curry | |
#12675 | garment | |
#14900 | groom | |
#16660 | organise | |
#17105 | decorate | |
#18736 | bard | |
#20641 | attire | |
#22251 | devise | |
#22890 | plume | |
#23816 | snip | |
#27607 | cram | |
#29876 | elevate | |
#31472 | garnish | |
#32728 | prune | |
#35247 | garb | |
#41636 | lop | |
#44923 | swot | |
#47241 | tog | |
#52288 | clothe | |
#70945 | raiment | |
#114999 | coif | |
#118633 | preen | |
#135482 | coiffure | |
#140126 | primp | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#309851 | barde |
How to use dress up in a sentence?
Just dress up and start celebrating life. Simple!
Many are waiting for to the day they can say "Eureka!, I have found it! ". They are not waiting for some kind of device that has still to be invented. They are anticipating the moment all scattered pieces of their life can be gathered. All essential parts of the intricate make-up of their identity are waiting to be revealed and comprehended. The magic "Eureka moment" allows them to enliven and dress up their expectations for the future. (“Waiting for Eureka” )
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
Every social event is a big deal in the South. People love to dress up and we love football, we realized that we could not keep in stock red and black, as customers were calling from all over for Georgia and Alabama game-day apparel. As we started to introduce more navy, we noticed that Auburn fans started calling also.
It’s funny because every girl I was with or anyone around that knew they would see Katie would dress differently. They would bring their A-game. It was very sweet. They would be like, ‘Is Katie coming? Are Andy and Katie going to be there?’ And if [she was], it was a whole new wardrobe, katie was very sweet. She knew that they were doing that, and then she would … say some compliment. And when I’d say, ‘You don’t dress up for me,’ they’d go, ‘Yeah, that’s her and you’re you.’.
Translations for dress up
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- aufputzen, verkleidenGerman
- ponerse bonito, embellecerSpanish
- pukeutua, laittautuaFinnish
- costumerFrench
- kiöltözikHungarian
- agghindarsi, mettersi in ghingheri, farsi bella, vestirsi elegantemente, vestirsi a festa, vestirsi bene, travestirsiItalian
- 着飾るJapanese
- 차려 입다Korean
- przebierać się, przebrać sięPolish
- нарядиться, приодетьсяRussian
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