clothe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CLOTHE

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes <they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people>

Synonyms apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture

Related Words cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest; drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap; accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform; dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

to convey in appropriate or telling terms <regulations clothed in obscure terminology>

Synonyms articulate, clothe, couch, express, formulate, put, say, state, word

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