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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; covering |
| Synonyms: | accoutrement, array, attire, clothes, costume, drapery, dress, duds, equipment, garb, garment, gear*, getup, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, rig, robe, suit, threads, trapping, vestment |
| Notes: | apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing |
| Synonyms: | accoutrements, apparel, array, bib and tucker, clothes, costume, drapes, dress, duds, garb, garments, gear, getup, habiliments, habit, outfit, raiment, things, threads, togs, uniform, vestment, wear |
| Notes: | apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
| Synonyms: | accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest |
| Antonyms: | reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover |
| Main Entry: | clothes/clothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal attire |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, accouterment, apparel, array, caparison, civvies, costume, covering, drag*, drapery, dress, duds, ensemble, equipment, finery, frippery, frock, full feather, garb, garments, gear, get-up, habiliment, habit, hand-me-downs, livery, mufti, outfit, overclothes, panoply, rags, raiment, regalia, rigging, sack, sportswear, tailleur, tatters, things*, threads, toggery, togs, tout ensemble, trappings, trousseau, underclothes, vestment, vesture, vines, wardrobe, wear, weeds, zoot suit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | costume |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of clothes |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, clothing, dress, duds, ensemble, fashion, garb, getup, guise, livery, mode, outfit, rig, robes, style, suit, uniform, wardrobe |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; woman's garment |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, accouterment, apparel, attire, attirement, civvies, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds, ensemble, evening clothes, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, muumuu, outfit, pinafore, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, smock, suit, things*, threads, tog, toga, toggery, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | duds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothes |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, accouterment, apparel, array, civvies, costume, covering, dress, finery, frippery, frock, garb, garments, habiliment, outfit, rags, raiment, sportswear, tatters, threads, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | finery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | best clothing |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best trappings, apparel, bib and tucker, caparison, decoration, fancy dress, formals, frippery, full dress, gear, regalia, splendor, suit, trimmings, trinkets |
| Antonyms: | rags |
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