CLOTHED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in dressed

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verb

variants or clad

past tense of clothe

as in attired

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people

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as in expressed

to convey in appropriate or telling terms regulations clothed in obscure terminology

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Adjective

The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026 That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye. — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025 Christian has relied on Medicaid to pay for the home health nurses and caregivers to maneuver the device to get from the bed to his wheelchair, showered, clothed and fed. — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025 These services allow users to upload clothed pictures of people and produce what experts term nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) of both minors and adults, also sometimes referred to as deepfake pornography. — David Evan Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2024

Verb

The television personality was clad in a vampy all-burgundy ensemble that was playfully textural. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2026 The resulting low-slung structure is clad in understated materials, with a sloping bronze-colored roof, stone chimney, expansive glazing, and teak siding. — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 The Petite Pelican is based on a double-axle trailer and is clad in white board-and-batten siding, with a metal roof. — New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026 In 2020, she was jailed for taking part in an anti-police brutality protest near the Kremlin with Pussy Riot, clad in their synonymous pink balaclavas. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 He was clothed and carrying several personal items, police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 Even Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — our high god of modern glass and steel — clad his first high-rise in 1949, the Promontory Apartments in Hyde Park, in brick. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 It is clad in tiles of walnut wood, illuminated from within; a contemporary take on Portugal’s azulejos. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026 Portrait depicts a white-haired man clad in a dark article of clothing that’s topped with a white collar. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clothed

Adjective

What Vanity Fair looks for Vanity Fair's 2026 list goes beyond the conventional red-carpet definition of best dressed.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Rivers helped create the celebrity stylist, and the celebrity stylist made worst dressed critiques more complicated.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Executives expressed interest in the opportunity but there was also a measure of caution given their past experience in the country.

— Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Her team expressed appreciation for the support and is open to continuing the conversation, according to a joint announcement from the governor and the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of expressed

Adjective

Dozens of Eckhaus Latta–clad, Tabi-toed aspiring downtown cool kids were lined up around the block to attend a poetry reading at the menswear store, headlined by writer Victoria Rose.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
Playing for a state title in front of thousands of fans, many of the clad in red, was a fitting end.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

Definition of clad

Verb

A-list guests such as Hailey and Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet, Ali and Jalen Brunson, and Shannon and Josh Hart (all garbed in all-black ensembles) could be seen in Instagram posts and photos published by Page Six.

— Morgan Evans, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Alongside it is Footsi (1979), a video in which two fingers garbed in little shoes and socks move across the artist’s body.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of garbed

Verb

Over the following two and a half years, the data center will incrementally ramp its load up to a minimum bill demand of 480 megawatts with a maximum contract demand of 600 megawatts, the memo said.

— Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
An attorney representing Matthew Mayich’s family said Arizona State University is mishandling the investigation into the hockey player’s collapse and hospitalization and called on members of the coaching staff to be put on administrative leave.

— Nathan Fenno, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of said

Verb

This clothing in turn helps Druids feel a sense of kinship with Europe’s pre-Christian peoples, including the ancient druids, who in the popular imagination are often envisioned as robed.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026

Definition of robed

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