dress up
verb
1
as in to dress
to put on one's best or formal clothes we always like to dress up when going to parties Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dress
- doll up
- costume
- clothe
- suit
- prink
- garment
- attire
- deck
- robe
- smarten (up)
- apparel
- tog (out or up)
- accessorize
- primp
- array
- bedizen
- preen
- garb
- rig (out)
- bedeck
- caparison
- invest
- dude (up)
2
as in to disguise
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph Synonyms & Similar Words
- disguise
- mask
- camouflage
- conceal
- hide
- cloak
- simulate
- blot out
- obscure
- cover
- screen
- pose
- curtain
- assume
- affect
- veil
- masquerade
- blanket
- cosmeticize
- occult
- play
- shroud
- sham
- pretend
- feign
- dissimulate
- gloss (over)
- enshroud
- varnish
- act
- counterfeit
- dissemble
- fake
- impersonate
- whitewash
- gild
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- display
- unmask
- show
- exhibit
- expose
- parade
- undrape
- uncover
- flaunt
- disclose
- expose
- reveal
- unveil
- divulge
- discover
- betray
- uncloak
- bare
- unclothe
3
as in to spruce
to make more desirable dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market Synonyms & Similar Words
- spruce
- candy
- improve
- sweeten
- soup up
- enhance
- ameliorate
- trick
- cosmeticize
- enrich
- embellish
- meliorate
- doll up
4
as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans Synonyms & Similar Words
- dress
- clothe
- costume
- attire
- gown
- garment
- toilet
- apparel
- habit
- get up
- robe
- suit
- array
- drape
- wrap
- garb
- vesture
- deck (out)
- tog (up or out)
- enrobe
- bedeck
- rig (out)
- caparison
- jacket
- do up
- frock
- dress down
- outfit
- invest
- uniform
- cloak
- furnish
- mantle
- vest
- swaddle
- tailor
- equip
- huddle
- enswathe
- bedight
- swathe
- hap
- underdress
- habilitate
- accoutre
- accouter
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- strip
- disarray
- untruss
- undress
- disrobe
- uncover
- unclothe
- undrape
- denude
- divest
- unveil
