Clothing and Dressing

Clothing

Clothing noun - Covering for the human body.
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Synonyms for Clothing

Dressing and clothing are semantically related in getting dressed topic. In some cases you can use "Dressing" instead a noun "Clothing".

Nearby Words: clothe, cloth

Dressing

Dressing noun - A medicated covering used to heal an injury.
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Synonyms for Dressing

Clothing and dressing are semantically related in getting dressed topic. Sometimes you can use "Clothing" instead a noun "Dressing".

Nearby Words: dress, dressed, dressy, dresser

How words are described

human human clothing human dressing
special special clothing special dressing
fine fine clothing fine dressing
similar similar clothing similar dressing
Other adjectives: typical, complete, formal, tight, standard, light, male, inappropriate, little, flamboyant, stylish, fashionable, new, conservative, traditional, minimal, basic, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Lad-ette They usually disdain the hassle of highly elaborately feminine clothing/hair/makeup, but don't often dress in a truly cross-dressing way; Tank-Top Tomboy is a common Lad-ette style.
    Source: The Lad-ette
  • Comic Book / My Boyfriend Is a Monster Evil Costume Switch: Hedy starts dressing in goth/punk clothing when she becomes blatantly evil.
  • Ed never grew out of the habit of dressing in women's clothing, and for the rest of his life, lived as a non-sexually oriented transvestite; his film, Glen or Glenda?
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