ARRAYING Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

arraying

verb

present participle of array

as in adorning

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath

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as in clothing

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

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as in arranging

to put into a particular arrangement arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value

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Chacón went all out, wearing Belle’s signature yellow ball gown, a pair of matching yellow opera gloves and a glittering tiara adorning her elaborate hairstyle.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Additional details include facade perforations adorning the upper pavilion edges and walls, maintaining a feeling of openness between the courtyard spaces and the adjacent streets.

— News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of adorning

Verb

His work finds a means of using technology, engineering, and performance to ask what a garment might be capable of beyond simply clothing the body.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.

— Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Definition of clothing

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The painting was only recently revealed to the family at the end of her aunt's life when arranging her affairs.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
His organization, Protect Paws, has reportedly helped more than 1,500 stray dogs by arranging for medical treatment, vaccinations and reflective collars.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of arranging

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In one episode, a Trump-supporting Karen even gets staunchly liberal Grace a job decorating his Oval Office.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
From playful color palettes to chic lighting ideas and nostalgic personalization, designers are sharing their best tips for decorating full-sized, pencil, and even tabletop trees.

— Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of decorating

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Homemaker extraordinaire Martha Stewart has apologized for dressing as a homeless person for Halloween.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
His bandmates also got in on the New York theme, dressing as city landmarks and icons, including the Statue of Liberty, Andy Warhol and Anna Wintour.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of dressing

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The prosecution argued that the victims — who all belonged to the church and had since left — delayed reporting the incidents or classifying them as rape due to fear of retaliation for violating a Scientology rule against going to the police.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Operators fed Maven intelligence classifying the elementary school as an Iranian military facility, and the system, in turn, marked it as one of the priority targets for day one of the war.

— Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of classifying

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The brand now follows the French scale and goes from 30 to 50, and product development took a classic and hands-on approach based on draping to assess how clothes sit and move on the body.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
About 12 minutes later, the array had fully extended, draping over about half of the larger but less capable legacy panel on the P4 truss.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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For the fourth event, however, No Kings sought to get more than 9 million people into the streets, and then directly to the polls, by organizing an early voting event on October 17.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
The software assists operators in identifying objects that could represent mine threats and organizing the information needed to make operational decisions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

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