Synonyms of arrayed

arrayed 1 of 2

adjective

as in dressed

Related Words

• dressed
• decked
• bedecked
• adorned
• decorated
• ornamented
• trimmed
• garnished
• enriched
• embellished
• garish
• gaudy
• elaborate
• lacy
• showy
• beautified
• frilly
• flowery
• extreme
• intensified
• swank
• tawdry
• ostentatious
• glitzy
• bedaubed
• flashy
• loud
• garlanded
• laced
• wreathed
• fringed
• emblazoned
• heightened
• enhanced
• spectacular
• bejeweled
• pretentious
• embroidered
• chased
• embossed
• gilded
• flamboyant
• sequined
• extravagant
• ornate
• rococo
• bossed
• flounced
• baroque
• splashy
• arabesque
• bedizened
• overwrought
• florid
• gingerbread
• overdecorated
• gingerbreaded
• gingerbready
• fussy

Dissimilar Words

• plain
• severe
• unadorned
• austere
• stark
• naked
• exposed
• stripped
• bare
• uncovered
• simple
• modest
• denuded
• unassuming
• restrained
• subdued
• quiet
• unpretentious
• conservative
• unobtrusive
• tasteful
• muted
• understated
• toned-down

arrayed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of array

1

as in adorned

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

a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorned
• decorated
• draped
• ornamented
• dressed
• decked
• festooned
• bedecked
• graced
• trimmed
• painted
• caparisoned
• garnished
• enriched
• bedizened
• blazoned
• embellished
• beautified
• embossed
• gussied up
• dolled up
• emblazed
• prettied (up)
• did
• did up
• embroidered
• trapped
• accessorized
• fancified
• fancied up
• garlanded
• glitzed (up)
• brightened
• wreathed
• freshened
• ribboned
• tricked (out)
• chased
• fringed
• hung
• dressed up
• braided
• gilded
• filleted
• laced
• smartened
• bossed
• flounced
• spruced (up)
• figured
• filigreed
• feathered
• jeweled
• gemmed
• frilled
• swagged
• pearled
• appliquéd
• redecorated
• impearled
• furbelowed
• redid
• diamonded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• marred
• scarred
• displayed
• disfigured
• defaced
• exposed
• spoiled
• revealed
• simplified
• blemished
• stripped
• streamlined
• uncovered
• denuded
• dismantled
• divested
• bared
• uglified

2

as in clothed

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 & Similar Words

• clothed
• dressed
• attired
• garbed
• costumed
• draped
• gowned
• robed
• bedecked
• wrapped
• garmented
• habited
• suited
• appareled
• enrobed
• caparisoned
• decked (out)
• toileted
• rigged (out)
• togged (up or out)
• got up
• dressed up
• vestured
• outfitted
• swathed
• furnished
• cloaked
• invested
• mantled
• did up
• equipped
• huddled
• frocked
• vested
• swaddled
• jacketed
• tailored
• accoutred
• uniformed
• enswathed
• dressed down
• happed
• habilitated
• bedighted
• underdressed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripped
• undressed
• disrobed
• disarrayed
• uncovered
• denuded
• unclothed
• unveiled
• divested
• untrussed
• undraped

3

as in arranged

to put into a particular arrangement

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arranged
• classified
• organized
• ordered
• disposed
• ranged
• marshaled
• placed
• systematized
• codified
• laid out
• drew up
• groomed
• aligned
• lined
• displayed
• filed
• sequenced
• made up
• cued
• straightened (up)
• set
• prioritized
• lined up
• emplaced
• set out
• queued
• alphabetized
• mapped (out)
• hierarchized
• tidied (up)
• spruced (up)
• unscrambled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disordered
• upset
• disarranged
• deranged
• rumpled
• messed (up)
• mussed (up)
• disarrayed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of arrayed

Verb

The new village structures, arrayed in an arc facing the water, feel comfortable and modern, and the architecture and design is heavily influenced by the islands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Check your portfolio’s Morningstar Style Box exposure in X-ray to see how your equity holdings are arrayed across the size/style grid. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Additional robots were arrayed behind him in the ominous photo. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

Political scientists such as William Wohlforth and Victoria Tin-bor Hui have found that throughout history, dominant states sought to actively split the coalitions arrayed against them before those coalitions could cohere. — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

American forces are arrayed across the Middle East, making other nations targets of Iran as the fighting has escalated after a breakdown in peace talks. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

The three machines arrayed before me are designed to capture every inch of a performer’s body—their facial expressions, their physical movements, the grain of their voice—and use this data to create an AI likeness. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

The forces arrayed against keeping a WNBA team in Connecticut, or anywhere in New England, proved to be too strong. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026

The two mothers stood together, eight small caskets arrayed in a semicircle before them. — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 May 2026