garlandEnglishOxford American Thesaurusgarland noun she wore a garland of flowers: festoon, lei, wreath, chain, loop, ring, circle, swathe, swag; coronet, crown, coronal, chaplet, fillet, headband.verb the gardens were garlanded with colored lights: festoon, wreathe, swathe, hang, loop, thread, drape, cover; adorn, ornament, embellish, decorate, deck, trim, dress, array, bedeck, bespangle; informal do up, do out, get up, trick out; literary bedizen, furbelow, caparison.