Underwear

Pronunciation

Origin

From - + wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.

Full definition of underwear

Noun

1. Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
• 2006, Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire“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.
2. Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and bras.

Synonyms

• shreddies
• underclothes
• undergarments
• undies