trousers

Noun

Meaning

A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jean chino pant knickerbockers clothes breeches corset smalls britches pyjama pants shorts jeans underwear drawers

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Hypernyms

clothing garment

Hyponyms

knickerbockers pajama breeches flannel gabardine pyjama

Phrases with the word

wear the trousers all talk and no trousers in short trousers whoops, there go my trousers your trousers with one's trousers down

Examples

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth. Henrik Ibsen

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Lazy people will eventually lose even their trousers. Filipino Proverb

A man with trousers that are too short should wear long suspenders. Jamaican Proverb

A soldier on furlough lets his shirt hang out of his trousers. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

trousering trouserless trouserlessness trousers down trousers off trousersed