Synonyms for dress up
dress up

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1. dress upverb

   Antonyms:
   dress down

2. dress upverb

   Antonyms:
   dress down

3. dress upverb

   We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.

   Antonyms:
   dress down

4. dress upverb

   Antonyms:
   dress down

5. dress upverb

   Antonyms:
   dress down

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1. 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 up

   Antonyms:
   dress down, underdress

2. dress 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 up

   Antonyms:
   underdress, dress down

3. caparison, 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, attire

   Antonyms:
   underdress, dress down

4. costume, 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 up

   Antonyms:
   dress down, underdress

5. dress, 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, groom

   Antonyms:
   dress down, underdress

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1. • Decorate
   • Dress
   • Embellish

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1. Angela Menz:

   I think to the rest of the world, Melbourne Cup probably looks like one big party -- and that's exactly what it is, everyone makes an effort to dress up. But it's done in a very different way to say, Ascot in England, for example. The lifestyle in Australia is quite relaxed -- we don't have to wear gloves and jackets because it doesn't get that cold.

2. Michelle Carlbert:

   My favorite thing about Halloween is hard to say, there are so many things I enjoy about it, i enjoy the fact that you can make it to be anything you like. If you want to be scared and scare other people, you can do that. If you want to be cute and sweet, you can do that. Halloween has no restraints, allowing a person to dress up and be anyone they like and decorate any way they like.

3. Michelle Starkey:

   I don’t always feel pretty and I don’t always get to dress up, so that was really fun to go and get dressed up, i got meet some new friends who danced with me in my wheelchair on the dance floor.

4. Teresa Downing-Matibag:

   Girls can dress up as dragons, monsters, spies, secret agents, mummies, queens, and even Peter Pan and the Fairy Godmother, they can be Captain Hook, Santa Claus, the Lone Ranger and cowgirls, as well as lion tamers, scary clowns, astronauts, firefighters, sea captains, rock stars and Indy 500 racers.

5. Haggar Clothing:

   The fact that sales came back so strongly so quickly before offices [ fully ] reopened speaks to the need for people to dress up as they get out there and socialize.