Thesaurus:decorate

Thesaurus

decorate

English

Verb

Sense: to make pretty

Synonyms

• adorn
• apparel
• array
• beautify
• bedeck
• betrim
• decorate
• decore
• deck
• deck out
• do up
• dress up
• dub
• embellish
• garnish
• grace
• ornament
• prettify
• pretty up

Hyponyms

• applique
• becross
• bedaub
• bedizen
• befrill
• bejewel
• beset
• bestar
• boss    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brocade
• caparison
• chase
• coffer
• depaint
• do out
• emboss
• emblazon
• embroider
• enamel
• enchase
• enlimn
• feague
• festoon
• filigree
• fledge
• flint
• flounce
• fringe
• gaud
• goth up
• hang
• illuminate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impearl
• mat
• overdecorate
• pimp up
• pink
• pipe
• purfle
• purl
• quill
• redecorate
• redress
• ribbon
• swag
• trim
• tuft
• varnish
• wainscot
• window-dress

Antonyms

• deface
• disfigure
• defigure
• distort

See also

• Thesaurus:beautiful

Further reading

• “847. ornament” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “decorate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.