Need another word that means the same as “decorate”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “decorate” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Decorate” are: adorn, beautify, deck, embellish, grace, dress, ornament, trim, garnish, furnish, accessorize, enhance, enrich, paint, wallpaper, paper, furbish, smarten up, give a medal to, pin a medal on, honour, confer an award on
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decorate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| accessorize | Decorate or augment (something, especially a garment) with a fashion accessory. Sequinned catsuits were accessorized with cork heeled shoes. |
| adorn | Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. Pictures and prints adorned his walls. |
| beautify | Be beautiful to look at. Another initiative to beautify the environment. |
| confer an award on | Present. |
| deck | Knock (someone) to the ground with a punch. Deck the halls with holly. |
| dress | Add a dressing to a salad. He was dressed in jeans and a thick sweater. |
| embellish | Make more beautiful. Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery. |
| enhance | Increase. His refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation. |
| enrich | Make wealthy or richer. The experience enriched her understanding. |
| furbish | Give a fresh look to (something old or shabby); renovate. Old arms duly furbished. |
| furnish | Supply someone with (something); give (something) to someone. The proprietor has furnished the bedrooms in a variety of styles. |
| garnish | Seize (money, especially part of a person’s salary) to settle a debt or claim. His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt. |
| give a medal to | Bestow. |
| grace | (of a person or thing) be an attractive presence in or on; adorn. He is one of the best players ever to have graced the game. |
| honour | Accept (a bill) or pay (a cheque) when due. Make sure the franchisees honour the terms of the contract. |
| ornament | Make more attractive by adding ornament colour etc. A jewel to ornament your wife s lovely throat. |
| paint | Depict someone or something or produce a picture with paint. We painted the rooms yellow. |
| paper | Cover a hole or blemish with wallpaper. Interior panels can be of fairly basic wood that will be papered over. |
| pin a medal on | Immobilize a piece. |
| smarten up | Raise. |
| trim | Adjust the balance of a ship or aircraft by rearranging its cargo or by means of its trim tabs. He was trimming the fat off some pork chops. |
| wallpaper | Cover with wallpaper. We were wallpapering a wall. |
| adorn | Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. Pictures and prints adorned his walls. |
| adornment | The action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting. Precious stones have been used for the purposes of adornment for over 7 000 years. |
| aggrandize | Increase the power, status, or wealth of. He hoped to aggrandize himself by dying a hero s death. |
| bauble | A mock scepter carried by a court jester. Once stripped of their tinsel and baubles most Christmas trees end up in landfill. |
| beaded | Decorated or covered with beads. Beaded chiffon dresses. |
| beautification | The act of making something more beautiful. The city commissioned the beautification of the tunnel with work by five artists. |
| beautifully | In a way that pleases the senses or mind aesthetically. She does sing beautifully. |
| beautify | Make more beautiful. Another initiative to beautify the environment. |
| bedeck | Decorate. He led us into a room bedecked with tinsel. |
| belle | A beautiful girl or woman, especially the most beautiful at a particular event. She was the belle of the ball. |
| circlet | A small circular arrangement or object. |
| cockade | An ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat. The cap bore the traditional cockade in silver blue and red. |
| decoration | Paint or wallpaper applied when decorating a room. A decoration won on the field of battle. |
| decorative | Serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose. A decorative artist. |
| diamond | A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. A sweater with a pale blue diamond pattern. |
| dramatize | Add details to. She had a tendency to dramatize things. |
| earring | A piece of jewellery worn on the lobe or edge of the ear. |
| elaborately | In a detailed and carefully arranged manner. Elaborately decorated cakes. |
| embellish | Make more beautiful. Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery. |
| finery | Expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration. Officers in their blue gold and scarlet finery. |
| gem | Decorate with or as with gems. Tiny drops of sweat gemmed his forehead. |
| gemstone | A precious or semi-precious stone, especially one cut, polished, and used in a piece of jewellery. |
| grace | In Greek mythology three beautiful goddesses Aglaia Thalia and Euphrosyne believed to personify and bestow charm grace and beauty. There but for the grace of God go I. |
| jewel | An ornament or piece of jewellery containing a precious stone or stones. She loved dressing up in her jewels. |
| jewellery | Personal ornaments, such as necklaces, rings, or bracelets, that are typically made from or contain jewels and precious metal. A jewellery box. |
| lacing | A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage. The elaborate lacings of his shirt. |
| medallion | An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. Medallions of veal. |
| ornament | Make more attractive by adding ornament colour etc. The composer marked the vocal part with many aspirations accents and other ornaments. |
| precious | Held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature. There is precious little time left. |
| sparkling | Lively and witty. Sparkling dialogue. |
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