Word Meanings - ATTIRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4. (more info) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier

Additional info about word: ATTIRE

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4. (more info) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ATTIRE)

• Array Vest
• deck
• equip
• decorate
• rank
• adorn
• dress
• accoutre
• invest
• attire
• place
• arrange
• draw up
• marshal
• set in order
• dispose
• Clothe
• Invest
• robe
• drape
• array
• cover
• Dress
• Garniture
• preparation
• arrangement
• clothing
• habiliments
• accoutrements
• vestments
• uniform
• raiment
• apparel
• clothes
• garments
• livery
• costume
• garb
• investiture
• Raiment
• Clothing
• vesture

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ATTIRE)

• Disarray
• disarrange
• confuse
• jumble
• divest
• denude
• strip
• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice

Related words: (words related to ATTIRE)

• EQUIPENSATE
  To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
• EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
  Equality of weight; equipoise.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• DIVESTITURE
  The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• EQUIPOTENTIAL
  Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
• DIVESTMENT
  The act of divesting.
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• ADORNINGLY
  By adorning; decoratively.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• UNIFORMISM
  The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
• JUMBLEMENT
  Confused mixture.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• ADORNATION
  Adornment.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• SAILCLOTH
  Duck or canvas used in making sails.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• UNATTIRE
  To divest of attire; to undress.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• UNSTRIPED
  Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.