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garb

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of garb

1 clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation

  • decided to clothe himself in traditional Scottish garb for the celebration
Synonyms of garb

costume, drag, dress, getup, guise, outfit, togs
Words Related to garb

apparel, attire, clothes, duds, habiliment(s), raiment

fashion, mode, style

array, caparison, vestments

2 the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality

  • a fable about personal redemption presented in the garb of a conventional horror story
Synonyms of garb

appearance, aspect, dress, figure, look, mien, outside, presence, regard [archaic]
Words Related to garb

air, attitude, bearing, behavior, comportment, demeanor, deportment, manner, poise, pose

carriage, posture, stance

cast, mold, shape, turn

color, coloring, complexion

countenance, face, features, habit, habitus, person [archaic], physiognomy, superficies, visage
Phrases Synonymous with garb

cut of one's jib

garb

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of garb

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

  • firefighters garbed in protective gear
Synonyms of garb

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture
Words Related to garb

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
Near Antonyms of garb

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil
Antonyms of garb

disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

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