Synonyms of the word adorn


ADORNALTER - BE - BEAUTIFY - CHANGE - CLOTHE - DECK - DECORATE - EMBELLISH - EQUIP - FIT - GRACE - INVEST - MODIFY - ORNAMENT - OUTFIT

adorn

  • v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
  • n. (obsolete) adornment.

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

be

  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
  • v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
  • v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
  • v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
  • v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
  • v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
  • v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
  • v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
  • v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
  • v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
  • v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
  • v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
  • v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

beautify

  • v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

clothe

  • v. (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
  • v. (figuratively) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

deck

  • n. Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
  • n. (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels…
  • n. (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
  • n. A pack or set of playing cards.
  • n. A set of slides for a presentation.
  • n. (obsolete) A heap or store.
  • v. (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
  • v. (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
  • v. (card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.
  • v. (transitive, sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.
  • v. (transitive, with out) To decorate (something).
  • v. To cover; to overspread.

decorate

  • v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
  • v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
  • v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

embellish

  • v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
  • v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

equip

  • v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
  • v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
  • v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.

fit

  • adj. Suitable, proper.
  • adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
  • adj. In good shape; physically well.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
  • adj. Prepared; ready.
  • v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
  • v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
  • v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
  • v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
  • v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
  • v. (transitive) To adjust.
  • v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
  • v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
  • v. (transitive) To make ready.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
  • v. To be proper or becoming.
  • v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
  • n. The degree to which something fits.
  • n. Conformity of elements one to another.
  • n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
  • n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
  • n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
  • n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
  • n. A seizure or convulsion.
  • n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
  • n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
  • n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
  • v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

grace

  • n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
  • n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
  • n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
  • n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
  • n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
  • n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
  • n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
  • v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
  • v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
  • v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
  • v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

invest

  • v. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
  • v. (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
  • v. (obsolete) To put on (clothing).
  • v. To envelop, wrap, cover.
  • v. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
  • v. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
  • v. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
  • v. To formally give (power or authority).
  • v. To surround, accompany, or attend.
  • v. To lay siege to.
  • v. (intransitive) To make investments.
  • v. (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand…
  • n. (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant…

modify

  • v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

ornament

  • n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
  • n. A Christmas tree decoration.
  • n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
  • v. To decorate.
  • v. To add to.

outfit

  • n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
  • n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
  • n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
  • n. (informal) A business or firm.
  • n. (sports) A sports team.
  • n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
  • v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

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