Synonyms for underwear
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Undies — clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing
undies informal, under clothes, pants, undergarment, drawers, underdress, innerwear, netherwear, shreddies slang UK
2. Jockey pants
jockey pants UK, briefs, jockey shorts informal dated US, jockey briefs informal dated US
Other
lingerie, body suit, tighty whities informal, pair of underwear, underclothing, tighties slang, ginch slang
Definitions
- n. 1
Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
- n. 2
Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
Related words
- Phrases
- long underwear pair of underwear thermal underwear magic underwear menstrual underwear
- Is a kind of
- clothing
Forms
- Plural
- underwears → undergarments, underdresses, netherwears, lingeries…
Example sentences
- pants I don't need anything... just a new pair of pants.
- drawers Remember to close drawers and cabinets after use.
- undergarment Santiago wanted to sleep with no undergarment.
- briefs She's only wearing a pair of skimpy briefs.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| underwear | rising | |
| pants | rising | |
| drawers | rising | |
| undergarment | rising | |
| briefs | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- pants1, ginch
- 6 letters
- briefs1, undies
- 7 letters
- drawers1
- 8 letters
- lingerie3, tighties
- 9 letters
- shreddies, innerwear
- 10 letters
- underdress, netherwear
- 12 letters
- undergarment4
- 13 letters
- underclothing
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lingerie3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sous-vêtement
- Español
- ropa interior
- Deutsch
- Unterwäsche