Definition of APPAREL

apparel

Meanings

Plural: apparels

Noun

  • clothing in general
    • "she was refined in her choice of apparel"
  • Clothing.
  • Aspect, guise, form.
  • A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
  • The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Verb

  • provide with clothes or put clothes on
  • To dress or clothe; to attire.
  • To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
  • To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental

Origin / Etymology

From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.

Synonyms

adorn, clothe, clothes, decorate, dight, don, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, kit out, ornament, put on, raiment, tog, wearing apparel

Antonyms

undress

Scrabble Score: 11

apparel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
apparel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
apparel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

apparel is a valid Words With Friends word