underwear

Noun

Meaning

That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

underclothes undies undergarment ant under clothing petticoat shift clothes linen skirt laundry girdle breeches corset
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Antonyms

coat tog mantle wrap overcoat outerwear
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Hypernyms

clothing

Hyponyms

slip lingerie intimate apparel skivvies long johns BVD

Phrases with the word

clothing worn over the underwear women's underwear cute underwear clothing worn over one's underwear visible underwear their underwear

Examples

I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear. Woody Allen

It's definitely a beautiful blonde with dirty underwear. David Boreanaz

No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out. Bohumil Hrabal

Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism. Angela Carter

I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear. Craig Raine

A newspaper reported I spend $30,000 a year buying Paris clothes and that women hate me for it. I couldn't spend that much unless I wore sable underwear. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Close letter words and terms

underwatered underwaterish underway underweared underwearless underwearlessness