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

The film was a left-wing Sunday-school lesson dressed up as…another tossed-together Cox neo-Western. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

This versatile set can be dressed up with heels or dressed down with sneakers. — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026

Getting dressed up, mixing and mingling with good friends, eating great food, and toasting with special cocktails are all part of the experience. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026

For the November 2017 debut of Daddy’s Home 2, the family got all dressed up to support Ferrell’s Christmas comedy. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Once two cottages, now knocked into one, it has been charmingly dressed up by interior designer Laura Stephens. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026

Also, the Grindr is all guys either dressed up for pup play or wearing ladies’ panties, which is also not my idea of a good time, but slightly better than getting your foot stuck in a wet, mossy hole. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

If pleated slack shorts feel a little too dressed up for your everyday, opt for this comfy linen pull-on pair. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 4 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