English > clad: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination. |
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| Examples | - "nurses clad in white"
- "white-clad nurses"
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| Synonym | clothed |
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| Narrower | appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed | Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire |
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| arrayed, panoplied | In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia |
| breeched, pantalooned, trousered | Dressed in trousers |
| bundled-up | Dressed warmly |
| caparisoned | clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings) |
| cassocked | Dressed in a cassock |
| coated | Having or dressed in a coat / coat / coat |
| costumed | Dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class |
| cowled | Having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood |
| dighted | Dressed or adorned (as for battle) |
| dressed, dressed-up, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up | Dressed in fancy or formal clothing |
| gowned | Wearing a gown |
| habited | Dressed in a habit |
| heavy-coated | Wearing a heavy coat |
| overdressed | Dressed too elaborately |
| petticoated | Wearing or furnished with a petticoat |
| red-coated, lobster-backed | Used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats |
| suited | outfitted or supplied with clothing |
| surpliced | Wearing a surplice |
| togged | Dressed especially in smart clothes |
| turned out | Dressed well or smartly |
| tuxedoed | Dressed in a tuxedo |
| underdressed | inadequately or too informally clothed |
| uniformed | Dressed in a uniform |
| vestmented | Dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment |
| See also | adorned, decorated | Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction |
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| Opposite | unclothed | not wearing clothing |
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| Spanish | cubierto, vestido |
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| Catalan | cobert, vestit |
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