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dress has 38 distinct synonyms spread across 16 of its 21 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is undress.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
put a finish on
“dress the surface smooth”
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
convert into leather
“dress the tanned skins”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for dress come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
“formal attire”