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robe

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of robe

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

with the coming of spring the hills will once again don their robes of green

Synonyms of robe

blanket, cloak, cope, cover, cover-up, covering, coverture, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, shroud, veil, wraps

Words Related to robe

blind, concealer, screen, shield

fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse

camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer

robe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of robe

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

robed the queen in her ceremonial garments

Synonyms of robe

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

Words Related to robe

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 robe

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms of robe

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

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