Synonyms of dressed up

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adjective

1

as in decked (out)

Related Words

• decked (out)
• dolled up
• spiffy

Dissimilar Words

• tattered
• ragged
• raggedy
• shabby
• scruffy
• scroungy
• bedraggled
• tatterdemalion
• threadbare
• ragtag
• down-at-the-heels

2

as in stylish

Related Words

• stylish
• chic
• elegant
• fashionable
• dressy
• trim
• noncasual
• formal
• smart
• best
• tidy
• neat
• Sunday
• semiformal

Dissimilar Words

• informal
• casual
• everyday
• workaday
• relaxed
• sporty
• dressed down
• dégagé

dressed up

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dress up

1

as in dressed

to put on one's best or formal clothes

we always like to dress up when going to parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in disguised

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disguised
• concealed
• masked
• camouflaged
• hid
• simulated
• cloaked
• covered
• obscured
• blotted out
• posed
• assumed
• screened
• affected
• veiled
• shrouded
• curtained
• glossed (over)
• played
• masqueraded
• enshrouded
• blanketed
• pretended
• feigned
• occulted
• counterfeited
• dissembled
• shammed
• cosmeticized
• acted
• varnished
• dissimulated
• gilded
• whitewashed
• impersonated
• faked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• exhibited
• displayed
• unmasked
• showed
• uncovered
• unveiled
• disclosed
• discovered
• flaunted
• paraded
• revealed
• betrayed
• divulged
• unclothed
• uncloaked
• undraped
• bared

3

as in candied

to make more desirable

dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• candied
• sweetened
• improved
• spruced
• enhanced
• souped up
• meliorated
• ameliorated
• enriched
• embellished
• tricked
• cosmeticized
• dolled up

4

as in clothed

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dressed up

Verb

Made from a lightweight linen-blend material, it can be styled casually on travel days with white sneakers or dressed up for a nice dinner with strappy sandals. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

The new single-cab model is dressed up in an aggressive aero kit that includes a hood scoop, larger fenders, and a prominent rear wing coming off the tailgate. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

An officer in Middlesex County's Dunellen Borough dressed up as a shrub as a way to call attention to the crackdown. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Swift dressed up her white button-down shirt with a pair of drapey, pleated trousers, a black leather belt, and matching heels. — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Gilchrest’s beef – dressed up as a virtue – is that so few people have contributed anything to her. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

This is the fourth time Barnes has dressed up as an Adventure Time character. — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 24 July 2026

Even Christmas brought misery in the form of an ICE agent dressed up as Santa, who shoved away children trying to hug him, according to the detainee declarations submitted to the court. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Scissorhands was joined by a Captain Jack Sparrow cosplayer channeling the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and a Willy Wonka cosplayer dressed up from 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026