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panty

panty

117 2.6
A close-fitting piece of underwear for women or girls
  • noun
  • /ˈpæn.ti/
  • US
: braga
  • Hadn't he ever heard of sheer panty hose, for heaven's sake?
  • Panty hose
  • panty raid
  • bra and panty

It's really just a shaper panty and it's so comfortable.

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Examples

  • A flowered dress, some panty hose, strands of long dark hair...

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I also wanted to get the matching panty, but I wanted it to be something that I knew I could wear underneath a tight dress and then I got a sports bra.

  • No panty line, you know?

  • It's really just a shaper panty and it's so comfortable.

  • So with a shaper panty, I loved how these felt.

  • You're standing in my bedroom, looking through my panty drawer.

  • For God's sake, the panty-hose convention is going on right now.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I found it leaked, so I still needed to use a backup pad or panty liner with it.

    Blog text (15)
  • I roamed the lingerie department and selected a silk bra-and-panty set, with Calvin and Calvin alone in mind.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • She wore a comfortable panty made of soft cotton fabric.

Synonyms

underwear
vspanty
506 1.0

Clothes that you wear next to your skin under other clothes

is a particular short lower garment within that broad category
pantie
vspanty
  • US
124 3.6

A pair of short underwear worn by women or girls

is the same basic garment described in the key concept
pants
vspanty
  • UK
91 4.0

A woman's underwear that covers the lower body and each leg

highlights the short, especially close-fitting nature rather than general shape
underpants
vspanty
74 1.0

Clothes people wear under other clothes that cover the area from the waist to the upper thighs

is narrower, stressing short and close-fitting styles
undies
vspanty
  • Informal
26 7.7

Light women's underwear like panties or bras

is specific to short, close-fitting lower undergarments rather than all underclothes
briefs
vspanty
25 1.5

A type of short, tight underwear that covers the hips and buttocks but not the thighs

is similar but emphasizes a garment often for women or children
drawers
vspanty
  • Archaic
21 9.9

A pair of underpants with short legs worn under clothes

is shorter and closer fitting, not legged or baggy
knickers
vspanty
  • UK
20 8.0

Underwear women wear under their clothes

is the general term without regional labeling or plural form note
13 1.0

A single piece of clothing that you wear under other clothes, usually underpants

is more specific about being short and tight-fitting undergarments
shorts
vspanty
9 1.0

Underwear for men that covers the hips and bottom

is aimed at women or children and implies a closer feminine fit
bloomers
vspanty
  • Archaic
4 8.5

Loose underpants that women wore under their dresses in the past

is tight and close-fitting rather than loose and billowy
undershorts
vspanty
  • US
3 1.8

Short, tight underwear worn under clothes, usually by men

is for women or children and often styled differently
underthing
vspanty
  • Informal
3 8.4

A piece of clothing worn under other clothes like socks or an undershirt

is a specific type of lower undergarment, not any underclothes
knicker
vspanty
  • UK
1 7.0

Short underwear usually worn by women or girls

focuses specifically on a tight, close fit rather than loose styles
underdrawers
vspanty
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Long underpants worn by men under their clothes for warmth

is for women or children and emphasizes a short, close fit
smallclothes
vspanty
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Underwear men wore under their clothes in the past

is a modern, specific short lower undergarment for women or children
scanty
vspanty
  • Archaic
1 7.7

Short underpants for women or children

is identical in meaning but presented as an alternate term
bikini pants
vspanty
1 2.7

A small, tight pair of women's underwear cut like a bikini bottom

is broader, not limited to the bikini-style cut
undergarb
vspanty
1 5.9

Clothes worn next to your body, like underwear

is one distinct lower undergarment rather than all beneath-clothing

Compounds

panty girdle
  • Archaic
1 7.2

Underwear women wear under clothes that gives support to the waist and hips

How Much Coverage

boxershorts
1 1.9
panty
  • US
117 2.6
bikini
174 1.0
thong
  • NSFW
62 6.5

Surface Forms

panty singular
panties plural

Morphology

panty = pants (semi-transparent) = pants + y

The relation to 'pants' (small/related lower-body garment) is evident, but the exact morphological history (plural/singular irregularities and specialized meaning 'women's underpants') makes the derivation only partly obvious to learners.

Etymology

Panty is a smaller form of pants, made by adding the friendly ending -y to show 'small' or 'little'. So a panty is like a 'little pair of pants' and now means a short, close-fitting pair of underpants for women or children.