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getup

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of getup

1 clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation

  • went to the prom in some elaborately beaded getup
Synonyms of getup

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

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

fashion, mode, style

array, caparison, vestments

2 the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged

  • the wine book's getup is pretty standard, with wines being arranged according to country of origin
Synonyms of getup

arrangement, composition, configuration, constellation, design, form, format, layout, makeup, ordonnance, pattern
Words Related to getup

motif, theme

get up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of get up

1 to leave oneʼs bed

  • you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning
Synonyms of get up

arise, rise, roll out, turn out, uprise
Words Related to get up

arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, stir, wake
Near Antonyms of get up

catnap, doze, drop off, lie up, nap, nod, rest, sleep, slumber, snooze

bunk, perch, roost, settle

couch, doss (down) [chiefly British], flop (down), lie (down), recline
Antonyms of get up

bed (down), retire, turn in

2 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

  • all got up in her Sunday best
Synonyms of get up

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

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 get up

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil
Antonyms of get up

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

3 to call into being through the use of oneʼs inner resources or powers

  • I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply
Synonyms of get up

conjure (up), gather, summon
Words Related to get up

educe, elicit, evoke, raise

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