underware

Noun

underwear (usually uncountable, plural underwears)

1. (usually) Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
   • Don't scratch and bite, my little bear, you'll soon need bigger underwear.1998, Banjo-Kazooie, Rareware

   Synonyms:

   drawers, innerwear, netherwear, shreddies, underclothes, underdress, undergarment, undies

   Antonyms:

   outerwear, overwear

2. (colloquial, usually) Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
   • “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.2006, Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire