caparison | Definition of caparison

caparison

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of caparison

1 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

used to seeing him in a T-shirt and jeans, we were startled by the sight of strapping youth caparisoned for the prom in a tuxedo

Synonyms of caparison

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

Words Related to caparison

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 caparison

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms of caparison

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

2 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

the state's rolling hills are even more becoming when they are caparisoned in the glorious colors of autumn

Synonyms of caparison

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, deck, decorate, do, do up, doll up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim

Words Related to caparison

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms of caparison

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

Antonyms of caparison

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil