Synonyms of dressed

dressed 1 of 2

adjective

as in decorated

Related Words

• decorated
• decked
• trimmed
• bedecked
• adorned
• arrayed
• ornamented
• garnished
• embellished
• enriched
• frilly
• garish
• beautified
• showy
• gaudy
• elaborate
• lacy
• swank
• glitzy
• flowery
• loud
• extreme
• bedaubed
• flashy
• laced
• tawdry
• ostentatious
• intensified
• heightened
• garlanded
• chased
• pretentious
• fringed
• sequined
• embroidered
• enhanced
• wreathed
• bejeweled
• flamboyant
• embossed
• gilded
• spectacular
• emblazoned
• flounced
• extravagant
• bossed
• ornate
• baroque
• rococo
• gingerbread
• splashy
• arabesque
• bedizened
• overwrought
• overdecorated
• gingerbreaded
• florid
• gingerbready
• fussy

Dissimilar Words

• plain
• naked
• severe
• unadorned
• austere
• stark
• stripped
• exposed
• bare
• uncovered
• simple
• modest
• denuded
• conservative
• unassuming
• subdued
• restrained
• quiet
• muted
• tasteful
• understated
• unpretentious
• unobtrusive
• toned-down

dressed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dress

1

as in bandaged

to cover with a bandage

first wash and then dress the wound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bandaged
• treated
• bound
• swathed
• healed
• attended
• nursed
• cured
• remedied
• medicated
• ministered (to)
• doctored
• rehabilitated
• cared (for)
• mended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unbandaged

2

as in adorned

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

let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorated
• adorned
• draped
• decked
• ornamented
• trimmed
• painted
• festooned
• bedecked
• arrayed
• garnished
• embellished
• bedizened
• graced
• embossed
• caparisoned
• beautified
• enriched
• gussied up
• blazoned
• dolled up
• did
• accessorized
• prettied (up)
• fancified
• embroidered
• emblazed
• did up
• trapped
• glitzed (up)
• fancied up
• freshened
• brightened
• dressed up
• garlanded
• smartened
• chased
• tricked (out)
• ribboned
• figured
• flounced
• braided
• hung
• filleted
• wreathed
• fringed
• laced
• bossed
• spruced (up)
• feathered
• gilded
• jeweled
• frilled
• gemmed
• redecorated
• swagged
• pearled
• appliquéd
• filigreed
• diamonded
• furbelowed
• impearled
• redid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scarred
• disfigured
• spoiled
• marred
• defaced
• exposed
• displayed
• simplified
• stripped
• revealed
• blemished
• streamlined
• denuded
• uncovered
• dismantled
• bared
• divested
• uglified

3

as in polished

to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure

dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polished
• rubbed
• smoothed
• coated
• scrubbed
• shone
• glossed
• burnished
• ground
• buffed
• furbished
• scraped
• finished
• bobbed
• glazed
• slicked
• faced
• sanded
• varnished
• filed
• sleeked
• smoothened
• brightened
• lacquered
• veneered
• boned
• sandblasted
• scoured
• japanned
• sandpapered
• lapped
• rasped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruffled
• roughened
• scuffed (up)
• roughed (up)

4

as in clothed

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

dressed the young girl in satin and lace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothed
• attired
• costumed
• draped
• gowned
• garbed
• wrapped
• robed
• suited
• garmented
• habited
• bedecked
• appareled
• toileted
• enrobed
• arrayed
• furnished
• caparisoned
• decked (out)
• outfitted
• dressed up
• rigged (out)
• togged (up or out)
• vestured
• equipped
• got up
• uniformed
• cloaked
• frocked
• jacketed
• huddled
• invested
• did up
• swaddled
• tailored
• swathed
• mantled
• vested
• accoutred
• happed
• dressed down
• underdressed
• enswathed
• habilitated
• bedighted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripped
• undressed
• disrobed
• unclothed
• uncovered
• denuded
• disarrayed
• unveiled
• untrussed
• divested
• undraped

5

as in costumed

to put on one's best or formal clothes

we don't usually dress for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothed
• costumed
• suited
• dressed up
• attired
• decked
• dolled up
• robed
• garbed
• preened
• accessorized
• primped
• bedecked
• arrayed
• appareled
• prinked
• bedizened
• invested
• garmented
• caparisoned
• smartened (up)
• rigged (out)
• togged (out or up)
• duded (up)

6

as in grew

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grew
• cultivated
• produced
• planted
• promoted
• harvested
• tended
• raised
• cultured
• cropped
• reared
• bred
• propagated
• gathered
• rooted
• sowed
• reaped
• ripened
• gleaned
• sprouted
• germinated
• quickened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killed
• picked
• plucked
• dug
• pulled (up)
• cut
• uprooted
• extirpated
• mowed
• hayed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dressed

Adjective

Chavez, who has dressed stars like Kristen Bell, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Rachel Bilson, curated a selection of Quince pieces to reflect how people actually dress in summer. — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Whereas the others in the background are in bathing suits, my grandparents, walking along the promenade, are fully dressed. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

In that incident, teens dressed head-to-toe in black — some wearing hoods and masks — were seen throwing punches and hurling chairs as innocent bystanders sought safety. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

These days, noisy, drunk, barely dressed visitors holiday hard in condos that have been converted into vacation rentals. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

The British tabloid reported that Bryon Noem paid adult entertainers and cross-dressed while role-playing. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Swift rang in the new year with a lively costume party where guests came dressed as their childhood heroes. — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 4 July 2026

Duchêne serves the sandwich with a simple salad of dressed greens, providing a bright and zippy foil. — Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 June 2026

When getting dressed starts to feel like an endurance sport, fashion has to offer more than fantasy — and many collections in Paris did just that. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

Verb

Here, planks of fresh sweet watermelon get the som tam treatment, dressed in lime juice, serrano chile, fish sauce, and peanuts. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 July 2026

While George favors blue suits over the gray ones that dominated a young William’s wardrobe, the royal relatives still look alike when they’re dressed in their formal finery. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 July 2026

However, instead of his usual trademark T-shirt and jacket, Burnham was dressed in the traditional politician attire of a suit and tie given the formality of the occasion. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Many of the mourners were seen dressed in black and blue — the colors of Wells’ high school team — per the family’s request. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 20 July 2026

Smolansky had escaped across the Brazilian border in 2017, dressed as a priest and carrying a Bible. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Popular cosplayer Fabiola Morales, known as Fabibi World Cosplay, showed up to the event dressed as WWE Superstar Stephanie Vaquer. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

In the video, the rocker struts around in stage dressed in all black with slick white boots, jamming on his guitar. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

The party was thrown by the immersive troupe Elrow, and actors dressed as psychedelic farm animals danced on stilts under 600 kilograms of confetti. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026