underwear
UK/ˈʌndəwɛə//ˈʌndɚˌwɛɹ/
underwear noun: clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
Noun
underwear (usually uncountable, plural underwears)
- 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
- As a couple of soldiers sing a dirty song, he loses sight of the edge of the stage and falls off in the middle of his dance like a seasoned slapstick artist, his white legs in the air and his filthy underwear visible to all.2016 June 30, Stefan Hertmans, War and Turpentine, Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 202
- Synonyms:
- drawers, innerwear, netherwear, shreddies, underclothes, underdress, undergarment, undies
- 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
underwear meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
underwear in Hindi
- clothes worn next to the skin
- अधोवस्त्र adhovastra
- underpants and bras
- चड्डी caḍḍī, कच्छा kacchā, कच्छ kacch, जाँघिया jāṅghiyā, जांघिया jāṅghiyā
underwear in Tamil
- underpants and bras
- ஜட்டி jaṭṭi
underwear in Urdu
- جانگیا
underwear in Bengali
- অন্তর্বাস
More languagesFewer languages
- underwear in Telugu
- లోబట్ట lōbaṭṭa
- underwear in Malayalam
- അടിവസ്ത്രം aṭivastraṁ, ശഡ്ഡി śaḍḍi, ഷഡ്ഡി ṣaḍḍi
- underwear in Kannada
- ಒಳಉಡುಪು, ಉಳ್ಳುಡೆ
- underwear in Punjabi
- ਕੱਛਾ kacchā
- underwear in Gujarati
- ચડ્ડી caḍḍī
- underwear in Tagalog
- damit panloob
- underwear in Arabic
- مَلَابِس دَاخِلِيَّة malābis dāḵiliyya, لِبَاس دَاخِلِيّ libās dāḵiliyy
- underwear in Persian
- لباس زیر lebâs-e zir
- underwear in Thai
- ชุดชั้นใน chút-chán-nai, ชั้นใน chán-nai
- underwear in Vietnamese
- quần áo lót, đồ lót, quần lót, quần sịp
- underwear in Myanmar
- အတွင်းခံ a.twang:hkam
Examples of underwear in a sentence
- You might want a spare change of underwear in case you poop your pants.
- He began to talk about his last trip to the underwear store. I told him, TMI!
- I can't wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times.
Synonyms of underwear
- drawers
- innerwear
- netherwear
- shreddies
- underclothes
- underdress
- undergarment
- undies
- lingerie
- skivvies
5 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of underwear
| plural | underwears |
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Origin of underwear
From under- + -wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.
Words formed from underwear
Phrases with underwear
Questions about underwear
- What does underwear mean?
- Underwear means clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
- What is underwear in Hindi?
- Underwear in Hindi is अधोवस्त्र (adhovastra), चड्डी (caḍḍī), कच्छा (kacchā). See Underwear meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is underwear?
- Underwear is a noun.
- How do you pronounce underwear?
- Underwear is pronounced /ˈʌndəwɛə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of underwear?
- The plural of underwear is underwears.
Words near underwear in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underwear (page history and authors); underwear (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underwear (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അടിവസ്ത്രം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); underwear (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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