decorate

Verb

Meaning

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 with honors.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grace ornament beautify embellish dress deck adorn garland style varnish fringed festoon cover edge array

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Antonyms

mar bane damage exposure strip abuse

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Hypernyms

change honor alter modify reward arrange

Hyponyms

bard garland color dress braid smock

Phrases with the word

decorate a cake decorate up I decorate decorate too elaborately decorate too extensively decorate the counter

Derivatives

decorated decorating

Anagrams

ocreated

Examples

I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can. Franz Schubert

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. Frank Zappa

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. William Wordsworth

Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy. Pablo Picasso

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. Jorge Luis Borges

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age. Katharine Hepburn

Close letter words and terms

decorament decoratability decoratable decorate a cake decorate the counter decorate too elaborately