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Definitions

well-dressed

[wel-drest] / ˈwɛlˈdrɛst /
ADJECTIVE
dressed to the nines
Synonyms
WEAK
dolled up dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressed to the teeth dressed-up gussied up in full dress in full feather soignée spiffed up spruced up well-turned-out
ADJECTIVE
handsome
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attractive beautiful clean-cut dapper elegant good-looking graceful lovely personable smart smooth stately stylish suave
WEAK
aristocratic august becoming comely fine impressive majestic noble pulchritudinous robust sharp spruce strong virile well-proportioned
Antonyms
STRONGEST
awkward disagreeable dull homely rough ruffled ugly unfashionable unsophisticated unstylish wrinkled
WEAK
unattractive

Example Sentences

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“Well… I’m not a lawyer yet, I just play a very well-dressed one on TV,” Kardashian wrote on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2025

Now the restaurant has become the epicenter of stylish downtowners coming uptown for opulent dinners where the restaurant’s regulars—older, well-dressed, celebratory—are part of the draw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah arrived at court day in, day out, well-dressed and looking smart, which is far cry from how they looked three years ago.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

“Today, I saw two very well-dressed ladies walking, and I breezed by them, remarking on the beautiful warm morning and how nice they looked,” she wrote.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

On the surface, he was the embodiment of every parent’s dream, a strong, tall, well-dressed and well- mannered boy with talent and striking looks, not to mention the wit to joke with an adult.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.