Synonyms of costuming

costuming

verb

present participle of costume

as in clothing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

the days when people, costumed in their Sunday best, would parade along the grand avenue on Easter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothing
• dressing
• attiring
• gowning
• garbing
• draping
• robing
• garmenting
• wrapping
• enrobing
• toileting
• appareling
• habiting
• suiting
• bedecking
• rigging (out)
• arraying
• caparisoning
• decking (out)
• vesturing
• togging (up or out)
• getting up
• doing up
• investing
• dressing up
• frocking
• furnishing
• tailoring
• outfitting
• jacketing
• cloaking
• swaddling
• mantling
• uniforming
• vesting
• equipping
• swathing
• enswathing
• habilitating
• underdressing
• huddling
• happing
• accoutring
• dressing down
• bedighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripping
• disrobing
• undressing
• unclothing
• uncovering
• untrussing
• denuding
• disarraying
• divesting
• unveiling
• undraping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of costuming

The custom-fit suit is a near-torture device of costuming that severely limits my ability to move. — Kyle MacLachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

The series also won honors for its production design, cinematography, editing, costuming, and directing. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2026

Sergio and Liz were both members of the 501st Legion, a charity and costuming group celebrating Star Wars. — Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Sessa is an attractive young man with Tony's impossibly lean physique, who looks good in every single piece of 1975-era costuming. — Laurie Woolever, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026

The seasonal job is part of her plan to eventually move to New York City and pursue her dream of working in wardrobe and costuming for Broadway, film and other productions. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 19 July 2026

That attention to detail was present across all of the show’s departments, from sets and costuming to the cameras that captured it all. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 June 2026

True to its source material, this latest adaptation of the vampire story delivers on the centuries old legacy of sexiness; costuming for the show playing an integral part in pulling that off. — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Cats is a ballroom-culture fantasia, stuffed to the brim with stunning displays of costuming artistry across two acts of musical-theater excess. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 May 2026