overdress meaning and definition

OVERDRESS verb

Definition of overdress (verb)

1. dress too warmly
   • "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"
   • synonyms: overclothe
   • antonym: underdress
2. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
   • "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
   • synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
   • antonym: dress down