All decoration synonyms

noun decoration

• beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
• ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
• color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
• wreath — a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
• trinket — a small ornament, piece of jewelry, etc., usually of little value.
• finery — fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• ribbon — a woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc.
• plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
• badge — A badge is a piece of metal or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a cause. American English usually uses button to refer to a small round metal badge.
• flounce — to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
• adornment — An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful.
• spangle — a small, thin, often circular piece of glittering metal or other material, used especially for decorating garments.
• frill — a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
• self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
• improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
• designing — artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
• illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
• garnish — to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
• flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
• ornamentation — the act of ornamenting.
• trimming — the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
• furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
• lace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
• garbage — discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
• doodad — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
• filigree — delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
• bauble — A bauble is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery.
• frippery — finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
• braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
• dingbat — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
• inlay — to decorate (an object) with layers of fine materials set in its surface: to inlay a chest with lighter wood.
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• jazz — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
• festoon — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
• gilt — a simple past tense and past participle of gild1 .
• scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
• thing — (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
• sequin — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
• fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
• arabesque — An arabesque is a position in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one leg with their other leg lifted and stretched out backwards, and their arms stretched out in front of them.
• tinsel — a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
• curlicue — Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
• parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
• gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
• colors — the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
• kudos — plural of kudo.
• citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• award — An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.