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array

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of array

1 a number of things considered as a unit

  • an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room
Synonyms of array

assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Words Related to array

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with array

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of array

entity, item, single, unit

2 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

  • a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus
Synonyms of array

band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel
Words Related to array

assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization

circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set

faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect

brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union

battalion, squadron

bevy, brood, covey
Phrases Synonymous with array

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of array

individual, single

3 dressy clothing

  • dressed in festive array for the cityʼs annual New Yearʼs Eve celebration
Synonyms of array

best, bravery, caparison, feather, finery, frippery, full dress, gaiety (also gayety), glad rags, regalia
Words Related to array

apparel, attire, costume, duds, habiliment(s), rags, raiment, rig, rigging, threads, toggery, togs, vestiary, vesture, wear
Phrases Synonymous with array

best bib and tucker
Near Antonyms of array

tatters

disarray, dishabille

4 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another

  • a marching bandʼs carefully choreographed array
Synonyms of array

arrangement, disposal, disposition, distribution, order, ordering, sequence, setup
Words Related to array

continuity

precedence, priority

chain, procession, progression, succession

series

aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up

design, layout, pattern, structure, system
Near Antonyms of array

confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset

disconnection, disjointedness

5 a large body of men and women organized for land warfare

  • feudal lords depended upon their array for defense
Synonyms of array

army, battalion, host, legion
Words Related to array

militia, national guard, standing army

infantry, ranks, regulars, soldiers, troopers, troops

array

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of array

1 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

  • a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath
Synonyms of array

adorn, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, do up, doll up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim
Words Related to array

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

boss, chase

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo
Near Antonyms of array

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

uglify
Antonyms of array

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

2 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

  • arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations
Synonyms of array

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

cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest

drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap

accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform

dress down, underdress
Near Antonyms of array

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil
Antonyms of array

disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

3 to put into a particular arrangement

  • arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value
Synonyms of array

arrange, classify, codify, dispose, draw up, lay out, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize
Words Related to array

groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up)

unscramble

align (also aline), cue, line, line up, queue

alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence

emplace, place, set

display, map (out), set out
Antonyms of array

derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, upset

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