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apparel

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of apparel

covering for the human body

a sale on summer apparel for women

Synonyms of apparel

attire, clothes, clothing, dress, duds, garments, gear, rags, raiment, rig, rigging, threads, toggery, togs, vestments, vesture, wear, wearables, weeds

Words Related to apparel

array, bravery, caparison, finery, gaiety (also gayety), glad rags, pretties, regalia, trim

foofaraw, frippery

costume, ensemble, frock, garb, getup, guise, livery, outfit

civvies (also civies), mufti

couture, ready-to-wear, tailoring

activewear, loungewear, outerwear, playwear, sportswear

nightclothes, sleepwear, smallclothes, underclothes, underwear

haberdashery, menswear

apparel

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of apparel

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies

Synonyms of apparel

array, attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), vesture

Words Related to apparel

cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest

drape, enswathe, swaddle, swathe, wrap

accoutre (or accouter), equip, furnish, outfit, tailor, uniform

dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms of apparel

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms of apparel

disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress

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