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clothe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of clothe

1 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people

Synonyms of clothe

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, 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 clothe

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 clothe

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms of clothe

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

2 to convey in appropriate or telling terms

regulations clothed in obscure terminology

Synonyms of clothe

articulate, couch, express, formulate, phrase, put, say, state, word

Words Related to clothe

hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest

paraphrase, rephrase, restate, reword, summarize, translate

communicate, disclose, speak, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize

describe, render, write up

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