Synonyms of attire

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noun

as in clothing

covering for the human body

needed some snazzy attire for the job interview

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothing
• clothes
• dress
• garments
• apparel
• wear
• garb
• costume
• vestments
• livery
• gear
• rags
• raiment
• toggery
• costumery
• vesture
• threads
• togs
• weeds
• outfit
• rigging
• duds
• wearables
• rig
• habit
• wardrobe
• clobber
• regalia
• finery
• vestiary
• habiliment(s)
• ensemble
• guise
• couture
• underwear
• gayety
• getup
• tailoring
• frock
• civies
• bravery
• trim
• sportswear
• civvies
• outerwear
• gaiety
• caparison
• garderobe
• underclothes
• tatters
• frippery
• pretties
• mufti
• foofaraw
• trumpery
• glad rags
• tawdry
• array
• sleepwear
• ready-to-wear
• loungewear
• menswear
• nightclothes
• activewear
• smallclothes
• gaudery
• haberdashery
• playwear
• prêt-à-porter
• pret-a-porter

attire

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verb

ə-ˈtī(-ə)r 

as in to dress

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

men attired in tuxedos for the awards banquet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dress
• clothe
• costume
• gown
• apparel
• garment
• garb
• habit
• suit
• toilet
• deck (out)
• array
• rig (out)
• drape
• robe
• wrap
• jacket
• bedeck
• get up
• dress up
• uniform
• vesture
• outfit
• enrobe
• caparison
• tog (up or out)
• cloak
• vest
• invest
• do up
• furnish
• frock
• mantle
• tailor
• equip
• huddle
• swaddle
• swathe
• hap
• accouter
• accoutre
• bedight
• habilitate
• dress down
• enswathe
• underdress

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strip
• disarray
• undress
• disrobe
• unclothe
• uncover
• untruss
• divest
• unveil
• denude
• undrape

Examples of attire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Ticket buyers who dressed in sumptuous lace, lavish gowns and their finest attire called the event an all-out scam run by scoundrels. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024

Once the album dropped in June, a swarm of fans dripped down in Brat attire filled Brooklyn Paramount to catch her first full live show in support of the release. —Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024

Verb

An avid tennis fan and patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Kate usually attends the tournament’s major matches, always impeccably attired, and hands out trophies to winners. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Infinity Hall, 32 Front St., Hartford The nattily attired hipster lounge jazz combo Big Bad Voodoo has ruled the casino stages in the state for decades, but here the band is in an unaccustomed space at Infinity Hall Hartford. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024