Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clothe
3 senses of clothe
Sense 1
dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel -- (provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child")
=> change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")
Sense 2
invest, clothe, adorn -- (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit -- (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities")
Sense 3
clothe, cloak, drape, robe -- (cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees")
=> cover, spread over -- (form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave")
Antonyms of adj clothed
2 senses of clothed
Sense 1
clothed (vs. unclothed), clad -- (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses")
unclothed (vs. clothed) -- (not wearing clothing)
=> bare, au naturel (predicate), naked, nude -- (completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model")
=> bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked -- ((used informally) completely unclothed)
=> bare-breasted, braless, topless -- (having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity; "topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret")
=> bareheaded, bared -- (having the head uncovered; "caught bareheaded by the downpour"; "with bared head")
=> barelegged -- (having the legs uncovered by clothing; "barelegged children on the beach")
=> bottomless -- (unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness; "bottomless dancers"; "a bottomless bar")
=> clothesless, garmentless, raimentless -- (possessing no clothing)
=> en deshabille, in dishabille -- (partly dressed in a loose or careless manner)
=> exposed, uncovered -- (not covered with clothing; "her exposed breast")
=> half-clothed, scantily clad, underclothed -- (inadequately clothed)
=> mother-naked, naked as the day one was born, naked as the day you were born, in one's birthday suit, in your birthday suit -- (as naked as at birth)
=> off-the-shoulder -- (not covering the shoulders (especially in the case of a blouse or dress))
=> seminude -- (partially clothed)
=> starkers -- ((British informal) stark naked)
=> stripped -- (with clothing stripped off)
=> unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented -- (having removed clothing)
=> without a stitch -- (without any clothing at all)
Sense 2
cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped -- (covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks")
INDIRECT (VIA covered) -> bare -- (lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet")
Similarity of adj clothed
2 senses of clothed
Sense 1
clothed (vs. unclothed), clad -- (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses")
=> appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed -- (dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed Harvard professors")
=> arrayed, panoplied -- (in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; "professors arrayed in robes")
=> breeched, pantalooned, trousered -- (dressed in trousers)
=> bundled-up -- (dressed warmly; "bundled-up sailors and soldiers")
=> caparisoned -- (clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings))
=> cassocked -- (dressed in a cassock; "cassocked monks")
=> coated -- (having or dressed in a coat)
=> costumed -- (dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class)
=> cowled -- (having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood; "a cowled monk")
=> dighted -- (dressed or adorned (as for battle))
=> dressed (predicate), dressed-up, dressed to the nines (predicate), dressed to kill (predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up -- (dressed in fancy or formal clothing)
=> gowned -- (wearing a gown; "beautifully gowned women")
=> habited -- (dressed in a habit; "the habited men of the monastery")
=> heavy-coated -- (wearing a heavy coat; "heavy-coated policemen astride noble horses")
=> overdressed -- (dressed too elaborately)
=> petticoated -- (wearing or furnished with a petticoat; "petticoated ladies"; "a petticoated table")
=> red-coated, lobster-backed -- (used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats)
=> suited -- (outfitted or supplied with clothing; "recruits suited in green")
=> surpliced -- (wearing a surplice)
=> togged -- (dressed especially in smart clothes)
=> turned out -- (dressed well or smartly; "the girls were well turned out and smart")
=> tuxedoed -- (dressed in a tuxedo; "a tuxedoed gentleman")
=> underdressed -- (inadequately or too informally clothed)
=> uniformed -- (dressed in a uniform; "uniformed policemen lined the President's route")
=> vestmented -- (dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment)
Also See-> adorned#1, decorated#1
Sense 2
cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped -- (covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks")
=> covered (vs. bare) -- (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony")