DRESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DRESS?

Need another word that means the same as “dress”? Find 114 synonyms and 30 related words for “dress” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dress” are: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim, dress out, get dressed, garnish, apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog, line up, plume, preen, primp, decorate, curry, groom, dress up, arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set, put on clothes, don clothes, slip into clothes, attire, turn out, deck, deck out, trick out, trick up, costume, array, robe, accoutre, wear formal clothes, put on evening dress, adorn, ornament, bedeck, embellish, beautify, prettify, festoon, garland, rig, drape, style, comb, brush, put in order, straighten, adjust, bandage, cover, bind, bind up, wrap, swaddle, swathe, prepare, get ready, make ready, fertilize, add fertilizer to, feed, enrich, manure, mulch, compost, smooth, polish, gloss, level, face, put in line, align, put into order, dispose, set out, get into columns, get into rows, collapse, cave in, come down about one's ears, crash in, fall down, frock, clothes, wearing apparel, gown, shift, clothing, garments, outfit, ensemble, turnout, full-dress

Dress as a Noun

Definitions of "Dress" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dress” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Clothing of a specified kind for men or women.
• A one-piece garment worn by women and girls that covers the body and extends down over the legs.
• Clothing in general.
• A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice.
• Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
• Denoting military uniform or other clothing used on formal or ceremonial occasions.

Synonyms of "Dress" as a noun (15 Words)

apparel	Embroidered ornamentation on ecclesiastical vestments. They were dressed in bright apparel.
attire	Clothes, especially fine or formal ones. The usually sober attire of British security service personnel.
clothes	Bedclothes. He stripped off his clothes.
clothing	A covering designed to be worn on a person’s body. Bring warm clothing and waterproofs.
costume	A swimming costume. He won the prize for best costume.
ensemble	The coordination between performers executing an ensemble passage. A Bulgarian folk ensemble.
frock	An agricultural worker s smock a smock frock. Her new party frock.
garb	Clothing, especially of a distinctive or special kind. Kids in combat garb.
garments	An article of clothing. Garments of the finest silk.
gown	A dressing gown. The relations between town and gown are always sensitive.
outfit	A group of people undertaking a particular activity together, especially a group of musicians, a team, or a business concern. An obscure 1970s country rock outfit.
robe	A robe worn especially on formal or ceremonial occasions as an indication of the wearer s rank office or profession. A young man in a fez and ragged robe.
shift	The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower case letters to upper case letters. His constant shifting disrupted the class.
turnout	Attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election. At most junctions and crossovers the trains will be able to take the turnout at 230 km h.
wearing apparel	The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it.

Usage Examples of "Dress" as a noun

• Battle dress.
• Traditional African dress.
• A white cotton dress.
• Fastidious about his dress.
• A dress designer.
• A dress suit.

Dress as a Verb

Definitions of "Dress" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dress” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Add a dressing to (a salad.
• Provide with decoration.
• Put clothes on (someone.
• Arrange in ranks.
• Smooth the surface of (stone.
• Wear clothes in a particular way or of a particular type.
• Put on clothes appropriate for a formal occasion.
• (of a man) have the genitals habitually on one or the other side of the fork of the trousers.
• Complete the preparation or manufacture of (leather or fabric) by treating its surface in some way.
• Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
• Arrange attractively.
• Put a dressing on.
• Design or supply clothes for (a celebrity.
• Put a finish on.
• Arrange or style (hair.
• Put on clothes.
• Clean and prepare (food, especially poultry or shellfish) for cooking or eating.
• Convert into leather.
• Put on one's clothes.
• (of troops) come into proper alignment.
• Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
• Kill and prepare for market or consumption.
• Dress in a certain manner.
• Decorate (a ship) with flags for a special occasion.
• Draw up (troops) in the proper alignment.
• Apply a bandage or medication to.
• Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
• Dress or groom with elaborate care.
• Give a neat appearance to.
• Decorate (something) in an artistic or attractive way.
• Apply a fertilizer to (an area of ground or a plant.
• Clean, treat, or apply a dressing to (a wound.
• Make (an artificial fly) for use in fishing.
• Cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width.

Synonyms of "Dress" as a verb (98 Words)

accoutre	Clothe or equip in something noticeable or impressive. Magnificently accoutred he was led up to the high altar.
add fertilizer to	Constitute an addition.
adjust	Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. His eyes had adjusted to semi darkness.
adorn	Make more beautiful or attractive. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere.
align	Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking. Aligning domestic prices with prices in world markets.
apparel	Provide with clothes or put clothes on. All the vestments in which they used to apparel their Deities.
arrange	Arrange attractively. Arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order.
array	Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line. They were arrayed in Hungarian national dress.
attire	Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive. Lady Agatha was attired in an elaborate evening gown.
bandage	Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose. The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle.
beautify	Be beautiful to look at. Beautify yourself for the special day.
bedeck	Decorate. He led us into a room bedecked with tinsel.
bind	Of a quantifier be applied to a given variable so that the variable falls within its scope For example in an expression of the form For every x if x is a dog x is an animal the universal quantifier is binding the variable x. A protein in a form that can bind DNA.
bind up	Form a chemical bond with.
brush	Apply a liquid to a surface with a brush. Stems of grass brush against her legs.
cave in	Explore natural caves.
clip	Attach with a clip. She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings.
clothe	Provide someone with clothes. They already had eight children to feed and clothe.
coif	Cover with a coif. Her coiffed blonde hair.
coiffe	Arrange attractively.
coiffure	Arrange attractively.
collapse	Collapse due to fatigue an illness or a sudden attack. The three of them collapsed with laughter.
comb	Untangle or arrange the hair by drawing a comb through it. Comb the wool.
come down about one's ears	Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.
compost	Convert to compost. Compost organic debris.
costume	Furnish with costumes as for a film or play. The dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth century dresses.
cover	Cover as if with a shroud. A working stallion who has covered forty mares this season.
crash in	Enter uninvited; informal.
crop	Prepare for crops. Hay would have been cropped several times through the summer.
curry	Prepare or flavour (food) with a sauce of hot-tasting spices. Curry tanned leather.
cut back	Have a reducing effect.
deck	Be beautiful to look at. Ingrid was decked out in her Sunday best.
deck out	Decorate.
decorate	Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it. He was decorated for his services in the military.
dispose	Give, sell, or transfer to another. The Scottish champions were buoyant after they disposed of English champions Leeds.
do	Get something done. When a team is doing badly it s not easy for a new player to settle in.
don clothes	Put clothing on one’s body.
drape	Cover or wrap loosely with folds of cloth. Drape the statue with a sheet.
dress out	Dress in a certain manner.
dress up	Kill and prepare for market or consumption.
embellish	Make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue. Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery.
enclothe	Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
enrich	Increase the proportion of a particular isotope in (an element), especially that of the isotope U-235 in uranium so as to make it suitable for use in a nuclear reactor or weapon. The experience enriched her understanding.
face	Turn so as to face turn the face in a certain direction. Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring.
fall down	Yield to temptation or sin.
feed	Feed into supply. Did you remember to feed the cat.
fertilize	Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants.
festoon	Adorn (a place) with chains, garlands, or other decorations. The staffroom was festooned with balloons and streamers.
fit out	Conform to some shape or size.
garb	Dress in distinctive clothes. She was garbed in Indian shawls.
garland	Decorate with a garland. They were garlanded with flowers.
garment	Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
garnish	Decorate or embellish (something, especially food. The IRS garnished his earnings.
get dressed	Achieve a point or goal.
get into columns	Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.
get into rows	Receive as a retribution or punishment.
get ready	Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
gloss	Give a shine or gloss to usually by rubbing. The pebble dash of the walls was glossed white.
groom	Give a neat and tidy appearance to (someone. He is grooming his son to become his successor.
habilitate	Qualify for office, especially as a teacher in a German university. Heisenberg had already habilitated at the University of G ttingen.
level	Make level or straight. He levelled a pistol at us.
line up	Make a mark or lines on a surface.
lop	Remove (something regarded as unnecessary or burdensome. They had lopped some trees without permission.
make ready	Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.
manure	Spread manure as for fertilization. The ground should be well dug and manured.
mulch	Cover with mulch. Mulch the flowerbeds.
ornament	Be an ornament to. Stars ornamented the Christmas tree.
plume	Form a plume. She plumed herself on being cosmopolitan.
polish	Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. He s got to polish up his French for his job.
preen	Congratulate or pride oneself. It did not prevent them from preening themselves on their achievement.
prepare	To prepare verbally either for written or spoken delivery. Prepare a brief summary of the article.
prettify	Make (someone or something) appear superficially pretty or attractive. Nothing has been done to prettify the site.
primp	Spend time making minor adjustments to one’s hair, make-up, or clothes. I spend hours primping in front of the mirror.
prune	Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
put in line	Attribute or give.
put in order	Cause (someone) to undergo something.
put into order	Formulate in a particular style or language.
put on clothes	Attribute or give.
put on evening dress	Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.
raiment	Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
rig	Provide a sailing boat with sails and rigging. The catamaran will be rigged as a ketch.
robe	Clothe in a robe or long loose outer garment. The Chamberlain robed the king on coronation day.
set	Put or set seeds seedlings or plants into the ground. The sun sets early these days.
set out	Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.
slip into clothes	Pass on stealthily.
smooth	Make smooth or smoother as if by rubbing. You can use glasspaper to smooth the joint.
snip	Sever or remove by pinching or snipping. She inspected the embroidery snipping at loose threads.
straighten	Straighten up or out make straight. They are asking for help in straightening out their lives.
style	Make consistent with certain rules of style. He styled her hair by twisting it up to give it body.
swaddle	Wrap in swaddling clothes. They have grown up swaddled in consumer technology.
swathe	Wrap in swaddling clothes.
tog	Be or get dressed for a particular occasion or activity. We got togged up in our glad rags.
trick out	Deceive somebody.
trick up	Deceive somebody.
trim	Adjust the balance of a ship or aircraft by rearranging its cargo or by means of its trim tabs. Trim a shop window.
turn out	Move around an axis or a center.
wear formal clothes	Have or show an appearance of.
wrap	Cover or enclose in paper or soft material. When you type the text wraps to the next line.

Usage Examples of "Dress" as a verb

• Dress my hair for the wedding.
• Dress the windows.
• She'd enjoyed dressing the tree when the children were little.
• He was dressed in jeans and a thick sweater.
• He dressed up in a suit and tie.
• Dress the victim's wounds.
• Dress the tanned skins.
• Dress a turkey.
• For over four decades he dressed the royal family.
• Dress the horses.
• Do you dress to the left?
• Dress the plants in the garden.
• Dress the surface smooth.
• We dressed for dinner every night.
• Graham showered and dressed quickly.
• After you dress a dry fly, be sure to remove any oil before you make your next cast.
• Dress troops.
• She washed the wound and dressed it with fresh bandages.
• They dressed her in a white hospital gown.
• The field was dressed with unrotted farmyard manure.
• I'll go and get dressed.
• Can the child dress by herself?
• Parents must feed and dress their child.
• The leather had been dressed with alum.
• It takes two days to dress a pair of millstones.
• She's nice-looking and dresses well.
• Dress the salads.
• Patrick dressed Michelle's hair in a sculptured, Japanese-type style.
• Dress the patient.
• We had to dress quickly.
• Dress the crab and shell the prawns.
• Dress the salad with vinaigrette.
• She dresses in the latest Paris fashion.
• She likes to dress when going to the opera.

Dress as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dress" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dress” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Suitable for formal occasions.
• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes.
• Requiring formal clothes.

Synonyms of "Dress" as an adjective (1 Word)

full-dress

Suitable for formal occasions.

Usage Examples of "Dress" as an adjective

• A full-dress ceremony.
• A dress dinner.
• Dress shoes.
• A full-dress uniform.

Associations of "Dress" (30 Words)

apparel	Embroidered ornamentation on ecclesiastical vestments. She was refined in her choice of apparel.
attire	Clothes, especially fine or formal ones. Formal attire.
blouse	A woman’s upper garment resembling a shirt, typically with a collar, buttons, and sleeves. I bloused my trousers over my boots.
bodice	Part of a dress above the waist.
boot	Kick give a boot to. Once a car is booted the owner must pay all fines plus a fee to have the boot removed.
cape	In bullfighting taunt the bull by flourishing a cape. The robe was decorated with gold lace on the fronts cape and hem.
chiffon	(of a cake or dessert) made with beaten egg to give a light consistency. A chiffon blouse.
clothes	Bedclothes. Rosie got into bed and pulled the clothes up to her nose.
clothing	Clothes collectively. Bring warm clothing and waterproofs.
corset	Dress with a corset.
garment	An item of clothing. Garments of the finest silk.
gown	A dressing gown. The relations between town and gown are always sensitive.
hat	Furnish with a hat. A woolly hat.
headdress	Clothing for the head. A veil held in place with a pearl headdress.
hosiery	Stockings, socks, and tights collectively.
jacket	Cover with a jacket. He put his hand in his jacket pocket.
negligee	A loose dressing gown for women. A black silk negligee.
nightgown	A nightdress.
outfit	Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose. Planes outfitted with sophisticated electronic gear.
pants	Underpants or knickers. He thought we were going to be absolute pants.
robe	A robe worn especially on formal or ceremonial occasions as an indication of the wearer s rank office or profession. I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass.
sandal	A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot. They were dressed in open toed sandals.
scarf	Wrap in or adorn with a scarf. A silk scarf.
shirt	Put a shirt on. A rugby shirt.
skirt	A surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft. They are both skirting the issue.
swimsuit	Tight fitting garment worn for swimming.
undergarment	An article of underclothing.
underwear	Undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments.
waistcoat	A close-fitting waist-length garment, typically having no sleeves or collar and buttoning down the front, worn especially by men over a shirt and under a jacket.
wear	The wearing of something or the state of being worn as clothing. Mountains are wearing down with each passing second.