" dress "

1: a garment with a joined blouse and skirt usually worn by a woman or girl;

  * e.g., " ... what a lovely dress you're wearing today! "

•  Synonyms : 

•  frock,

•  gown

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation;

  * e.g., " ... a bagpiper in full Scottish Highlander dress "

•  Synonyms : 

•  costume,

•  drag,

•  garb,

•  getup,

•  guise,

•  outfit,

•  togs

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: covering for the human body;

  * e.g., " ... a businessman who is very conservative in his dress "

•  Synonyms : 

•  apparel,

•  attire,

•  clobber,

•  clothes,

•  clothing,

•  costumery,

•  duds,

•  garments,

•  gear,

•  habiliment(s),

•  habit,

•  rags,

•  raiment,

•  rig,

•  rigging,

•  threads,

•  toggery,

•  togs,

•  vestiary,

•  vestments,

•  vesture,

•  wear,

•  wearables,

•  weeds

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in preview;

•  Synonyms : 

•  preview,

•  dry run,

•  practice,

•  rehearsal,

•  trial,

•  run-through,

•  walk-through,

•  drill,

•  exercise

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in previews;

•  Synonyms : 

•  previews,

•  dry runs,

•  practices,

•  rehearsals,

•  trials,

•  run-throughs,

•  drills,

•  exercises

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in sweaterdress, kirtle;

•  Synonyms : 

•  chemise,

•  coatdress,

•  housedress,

•  jumper,

•  kimono,

•  kirtle,

•  minidress,

•  Mother Hubbard,

•  muumuu,

•  overdress,

•  sack,

•  sheath,

•  shift,

•  shirtdress,

•  shirtwaist,

•  sundress,

•  sweaterdress,

•  tea gown,

•  dress,

•  frock,

•  gown

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: dressy clothing;

  * e.g., " ... suburban teens in full dress for the prom at the country club "

•  Synonyms : 

•  array,

•  best,

•  bravery,

•  caparison,

•  feather,

•  finery,

•  frippery,

•  gaiety,

•  glad rags,

•  regalia

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a deceptively attractive external appearance;

  * e.g., " ... the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories "

•  Synonyms : 

•  facade,

•  gloss,

•  veneer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners;

  * e.g., " ... the naval commander wore his dress uniform to the ball "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dressy,

•  formal

•  Antonyms : 

•  casual,

•  informal,

•  sportif,

•  sporty

1: to cover with a bandage;

  * e.g., " ... first wash and then dress the wound "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bandage,

•  bind,

•  swathe

•  Antonyms : 

•  blemish,

•  deface,

•  disfigure,

•  mar,

•  scar,

•  spoil

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

  * e.g., " ... let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adorn,

•  array,

•  beautify,

•  bedeck,

•  bedizen,

•  blazon,

•  caparison,

•  deck,

•  decorate,

•  do,

•  do up,

•  doll up,

•  drape,

•  embellish,

•  emblaze,

•  emboss,

•  enrich,

•  fancify,

•  fancy up,

•  festoon,

•  garnish,

•  glitz (up),

•  grace,

•  gussy up,

•  ornament,

•  pretty (up),

•  trim

•  Antonyms : 

•  disarray,

•  disrobe,

•  strip,

•  unclothe,

•  undress,

•  untruss

3: to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure;

  * e.g., " ... dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides "

•  Synonyms : 

•  buff,

•  burnish,

•  furbish,

•  gloss,

•  grind,

•  polish,

•  rub,

•  shine,

•  smooth,

•  smoothen

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;

  * e.g., " ... dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baste,

•  bawl out,

•  berate,

•  call down,

•  castigate,

•  chastise,

•  chew out,

•  flay,

•  hammer,

•  jaw,

•  keelhaul,

•  lambaste,

•  lecture,

•  rag,

•  rail (at or against),

•  rant (at),

•  rate,

•  ream (out),

•  rebuke,

•  reprimand,

•  reproach,

•  scold,

•  score,

•  tongue-lash,

•  upbraid

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to put on one's best or formal clothes;

  * e.g., " ... we always like to dress up when going to parties "

•  Synonyms : 

•  doll up,

•  dress

•  Antonyms : 

•  unmask

2: to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity;

  * e.g., " ... the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph "

•  Synonyms : 

•  camouflage,

•  cloak,

•  disguise,

•  mask

•  Antonyms : 

•  disarray,

•  disrobe,

•  strip,

•  unclothe,

•  undress,

•  untruss

3: to make more desirable;

  * e.g., " ... dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market "

•  Synonyms : 

•  candy,

•  enhance,

•  sweeten

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)