Synonyms of clothing

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noun

ˈklō-t͟hiŋ 

as in clothes

covering for the human body

a store that sells both men's and women's clothing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

clothing

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verb

present participle of clothe

1

as in dressing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dressing
• costuming
• attiring
• garbing
• garmenting
• draping
• gowning
• wrapping
• robing
• suiting
• toileting
• appareling
• habiting
• rigging (out)
• decking (out)
• caparisoning
• bedecking
• vesturing
• enrobing
• arraying
• getting up
• togging (up or out)
• furnishing
• dressing up
• doing up
• investing
• jacketing
• outfitting
• tailoring
• swaddling
• frocking
• cloaking
• uniforming
• mantling
• enswathing
• equipping
• swathing
• huddling
• underdressing
• vesting
• habilitating
• accoutring
• dressing down
• happing
• bedighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripping
• undressing
• disrobing
• unclothing
• uncovering
• denuding
• untrussing
• divesting
• disarraying
• unveiling
• undraping

2

as in saying

to convey in appropriate or telling terms

regulations clothed in obscure terminology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saying
• expressing
• putting
• stating
• articulating
• wording
• formulating
• phrasing
• describing
• crafting
• translating
• couching
• implying
• speaking
• disclosing
• summarizing
• hinting
• framing
• telling
• intimating
• suggesting
• rendering
• insinuating
• communicating
• paraphrasing
• uttering
• restating
• talking
• rephrasing
• rewording
• verbalizing
• writing up
• vocalizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clothing

Noun

Their newest collaboration is an expansive collection for Zara Home, which comprises more than 200 pieces of furniture and decor, plus a ready-to-wear clothing line. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026

Away from the outlets, Made for the Mountains carries women’s clothing, jewelry, and home goods, while Epoch Artisans Gallery showcases paintings, pottery, jewelry, and other work by Vermont and New England artists. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2026

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