Entry Word: decorate

Function: verb

Meaning: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming <they decorated the hallway with paintings and tapestries>

Synonyms adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, deck, do, dress, embellish, enrich, garnish, grace, ornament, trim

Related Words doll up, dress up, trick (out); brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up); boss, chase, emboss; embroider, figure, flounce, fringe, garland, hang, lace, wreathe; gild, paint; redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms simplify, streamline; bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

Antonyms blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil