Synonyms of full dress

full dress

noun

as in attire

dressy clothing

suburban teens in full dress for the prom at the country club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attire
• costume
• best bib and tucker
• bravery
• glad rags
• apparel
• regalia
• finery
• best
• feather
• array
• caparison
• gaiety
• frippery
• vestiary
• wear
• threads
• habiliment(s)
• rig
• rigging
• rags
• toggery
• vesture
• raiment
• duds
• togs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tatters
• disarray
• dishabille

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of full dress

Instead of buying a sparkly dress, go for a skirt which is easier to mix-and-match, and packs better than a full dress. — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025

The service members in full dress uniform marched in step up the two flights of stairs with the casket and carried it to its place beneath the speaker's rostrum. — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

For the fifth year in a row, New York Police Department and corrections officers were officially barred from marching in the parade while wearing their full dress uniforms, which include firearms. — Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 29 June 2025

The team at the hotel suggested using the atrium in The Mark restaurant, from which an aerial shot of Cardi’s full dress could be captured before she was hidden in umbrellas and whisked out onto the carpet. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 1 May 2025