3. finery, best clothes, best bib and tucker, Inf. Sunday clothes, Inf. Sunday best, Inf. Sunday-go-to-meet-ings, SI. glad rags, Sl. heavy threads.
4. costume, outfit, ensemble, Inf. getup.
attitude, n. 1. disposition, temperament, personality; feeling, view, opinion, thought, idea, frame of mind, mind-set, mental state, view, outlook; reaction, impression, interpretation, orientation; tendency, inclination, leaning, bent, turn, twist, bias, prejudice.
2. demeanor, bearing, appearance, guise, aspect; manner, mode, mood, air, mien, deportment, behavior; countenance, expression; position, posture, pose, stance, stand, carriage; figure, form, shape.
attitudinize, v. pose, strike a pose, assume an attitude, put on airs; camp, camp it up, behave affectedly, show off, put on an act; imitate, mimic, ape, pretend, feign, make believe.
attorney, n. 1. lawyer, attorney-at-law, legal advisor, Law. counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law; advocate, U.S. Inf. barrister, solicitor, Law. proctor; pettifogger, Philadelphia lawyer, Inf. shyster.
2. agent, attorney-in-fact, factor, deputy, proxy, substitute.
attract, v. 1. draw, pull, magnetize, drag.
2. allure, entice, invite, tempt, lure, inveigle; interest, catch [s.o.'s] eye, fascinate, charm, enamor, enchant, capture [s.o.'s] fancy, ensorcell; captivate, engage, win, seduce.
attraction, n. 1. pull, traction, magnetism, draw, gravitation, gravity; affinity, inclination, tendency.
2. interest, appeal, attractiveness, fascination, charm; allure, enticement, temptation, inveiglement; enchantment, bewitchment, witchery, glamour, captivation, seduction.
3. lure, bait, Sl. come-on, teaser.
4. entertainment, feature, presentation, show, pro
duction, exhibition.
attractive, adj. 1. pleasing, appealing, charming, engaging, winsome, winning, taking; interesting, fascinating, captivating, enchanting, bewitching; enticing, alluring, inviting, tempting, seductive, {of a woman) foxy.
2. delightful, pleasant, agreeable, sweet, Inf cute,
dainty; pretty, sightly, fetching, Scot. canny, fair;
beautiful, lovely, stunning, Inf eye-filling, striking, zingy; shapely, voluptuous, Sl. built, Sl. stacked, beddable, sexy; good-looking, handsome, comely, becoming, flattering; tasteful, elegant, artistic, aesthetic, picturesque.
attractiveness, n. 1. pleasantness, delightfulness,
pleasingness, eye appeal; prettiness, fairness, sightliness; beauty, loveliness, shapeliness, sexiness, comeliness, handsomeness; tastefulness, elegance.
2. attraction, charm, allure. See attraction (def. 2).
attributable, adj. assignable, imputable. See ascrib-able (defs. 1,2).
attribute, v. 1. Usu. attribute to ascribe, assign, credit, accredit, give credit for, put down, chalk up to or with; impute, charge with, lay on, blame, accuse.
2. associate, connect, link, tie in, couple, match or pair up, relate, think of together, consider jointly or in union.
-n. 3. quality, property, distinction, note, mark, cachet; characteristic, character, feature, trait, grace, virtue; idiosyncrasy, idiocrasy, singularity; eccentricity, peculiarity, quirk, oddity.