underwear
Meanings
Plural: underwears
Noun
- undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
- Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
- Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
Origin / Etymology
From under- + -wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.
Synonyms
lingerie, shreddies, skivvies, smallclothes, smalls, underclothes, underclothing, undergarment, underwear, undies, unmentionables
Scrabble Score: 13
underwear is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordunderwear is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
underwear is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary