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dresses

NOUN

clothing; woman's garment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparel attire costume ensemble frock garb gown robe skirt smock suit uniform wardrobe

STRONG

accouterment civvies covering drape duds gear guise habiliment habit muumuu outfit pinafore raiment shift things threads tog toga trappings vestment

WEAK

Sunday best attirement dry goods evening clothes toggery

VERB

put on clothing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adorn attire clothe cover decorate don drape put on trim turn out wear

STRONG

apparel array bedeck change clad costume deck embellish furbish garb ornament outfit primp raiment rig robe

WEAK

bundle up fit out slip into slip on spruce up suit up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disrobe reveal take off uncover

STRONG

uglify unclothe

WEAK

bare disarray lay bare mess up open rumple undress wrinkle

VERB

physically prepare; groom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange decorate do up fit trim

STRONG

adjust align comb dispose ornament set straighten

WEAK

make ready

Antonyms

STRONG

disarrange disorder displace

WEAK

bare disarray disrobe lay bare mess up open rumple unclothe uncover undress wrinkle

VERB

cover a wound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

treat

STRONG

attend bandage bind cauterize cleanse heal plaster sterilize

WEAK

give first aid sew up

Antonyms

STRONG

dirty

WEAK

bare disarray disrobe lay bare mess up open rumple unclothe uncover undress wrinkle

Example Sentences

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Faena, who dresses mostly in white suits, believes these artworks play a role in the Tierra Santa experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Joel Galvez, right, heads to his warehouse with an assistant to collect dresses for delivery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

By 2 p.m. she had sold five quinceañera dresses and her husband had 10 dress orders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Then come tops and dresses, as well as adjustments to rings, bracelets and shoe sizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He saw no puppet shows, no ladies in swishing dresses, no fancy coaches clattering through the streets.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis