" caparison "

1: dressy clothing;

  * e.g., " ... attended the masquerade ball in the caparison of an Indian maharaja "

•  Synonyms : 

•  array,

•  best,

•  bravery,

•  feather,

•  finery,

•  frippery,

•  full dress,

•  gaiety,

•  glad rags,

•  regalia

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: something that decorates or beautifies;

  * e.g., " ... horses dressed in Old-West caparison for the parade "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adornment,

•  beautifier,

•  decoration,

•  doodad,

•  embellisher,

•  embellishment,

•  frill,

•  garnish,

•  garnishment,

•  garniture,

•  ornament,

•  ornamentation,

•  setoff,

•  trim

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes;

  * e.g., " ... used to seeing him in a T-shirt and jeans, we were startled by the sight of strapping youth caparisoned for the prom in a tuxedo "

•  Synonyms : 

•  apparel,

•  array,

•  attire,

•  bedeck,

•  clothe,

•  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

•  Antonyms : 

•  disarray,

•  disrobe,

•  strip,

•  unclothe,

•  undress,

•  untruss

2: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;

  * e.g., " ... the state's rolling hills are even more becoming when they are caparisoned in the glorious colors of autumn "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adorn,

•  array,

•  beautify,

•  bedeck,

•  bedizen,

•  blazon,

•  deck,

•  decorate,

•  do,

•  do up,

•  doll up,

•  drape,

•  dress,

•  embellish,

•  emblaze,

•  emboss,

•  enrich,

•  fancify,

•  fancy up,

•  festoon,

•  garnish,

•  glitz (up),

•  grace,

•  gussy up,

•  ornament,

•  pretty (up),

•  trim

•  Antonyms : 

•  blemish,

•  deface,

•  disfigure,

•  mar,

•  scar,

•  spoil