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caparison

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of caparison

1 dressy clothing

  • attended the masquerade ball in the caparison of an Indian maharaja
Synonyms of caparison

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

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

best bib and tucker
Near Antonyms of caparison

tatters

disarray, dishabille

2 something that decorates or beautifies

  • horses dressed in Old-West caparison for the parade
Synonyms of caparison

adornment, beautifier, decoration, doodad, embellisher, embellishment, frill, garnish, garnishment, garniture, ornament, ornamentation, setoff, trim
Words Related to caparison

apparel, bells and whistles, blazonry, bric-a-brac, chichi, emblazonry, filigree, finery, foofaraw, frippery, frosting, froufrou

fal-lal, flounce, flourish, furbelow, ruffle

enhancement, enrichment, improvement

appliqué, embossment, embroidery, fancywork

bedizenment, gilt, glitter

design, figure, pattern

furnishings, regalia, trappings
Near Antonyms of caparison

blemish, defacement, disfigurement, scar

blot, spot, stain

caparison

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of caparison

1 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

  • used to seeing him in a T-shirt and jeans, we were startled by the sight of strapping youth caparisoned for the prom in a tuxedo
Synonyms of caparison

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, 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 caparison

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 caparison

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

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

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

  • the state's rolling hills are even more becoming when they are caparisoned in the glorious colors of autumn
Synonyms of caparison

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, 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 caparison

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 caparison

simplify, streamline

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

uglify
Antonyms of caparison

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

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