Synonyms of the word clothe


CLOTHEADORN - APPAREL - DRESS - ENCLOTHE - EQUIP - FIT - GARB - GARMENT - HABILITATE - INVEST - OUTFIT - RAIMENT - TOG - TURN

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.

adorn

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

apparel

  • n. Clothing.
  • n. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
  • n. (nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
  • v. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
  • v. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental.

dress

  • n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
  • n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
  • n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
  • n. A dress rehearsal.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
  • v. To adorn, ornament.
  • v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
  • v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
  • v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
  • v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
  • v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
  • v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
  • v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
  • v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
  • v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
  • v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

enclothe

  • v. (transitive) To cover with clothing.

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.

garb

  • n. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
  • n. A type of dress or clothing.
  • n. (figuratively) A guise, external appearance.
  • v. (transitive) To dress in garb.
  • n. (heraldry) A wheat sheaf.
  • n. A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.

garment

  • n. A single item of clothing.

habilitate

  • adj. (obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
  • v. European institutions of higher education: To qualify as an instructor or professor. Usually associated…

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…

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.

raiment

  • n. (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

tog

  • n. A cloak.
  • n. A coat.
  • n. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces…
  • v. (transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
  • adv. (knitting) Abbreviation of together.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

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