Synonyms and Antonyms of dress up
1
to put on one's best or formal clothes
- we always like to dress up when going to parties
preen, primp, prink, smarten (up)
accessorize
apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedizen, caparison, clothe, costume, deck, dude (up), garb, garment, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (out or up)
2
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
- the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph
blanket, blot out, conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occult, screen, shroud, veil
affect, assume, counterfeit, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, pose, pretend, sham, simulate
act, fake, impersonate, masquerade, play
cosmeticize, gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, parade, show, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undrape, unveil
bare, betray, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal
3
to make more desirable
- dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market
4
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
- the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans
apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture
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
