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panty

panty

28 2.6
A close-fitting piece of underwear for women or girls
  • noun
  • /ˈpæn.ti/
  • US
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  • 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

pants
vspanty
  • UK
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
underwear
vspanty
507 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
218 3.6

A pair of short underwear worn by women or girls

is the same basic garment described in the key concept
knicker
vspanty
  • UK
15 7.0

Short underwear usually worn by women or girls

focuses specifically on a tight, close fit rather than loose styles
7 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
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
shorts
vspanty
1 1.0

Underwear for men that covers the hips and bottom

is aimed at women or children and implies a closer feminine fit
scanty
vspanty
  • Archaic
1 7.7

Short underpants for women or children

is identical in meaning but presented as an alternate term
undies
vspanty
  • Informal
1 7.7

Light women's underwear like panties or bras

is specific to short, close-fitting lower undergarments rather than all underclothes
drawers
vspanty
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A pair of underpants with short legs worn under clothes

is shorter and closer fitting, not legged or baggy
bloomers
vspanty
  • Archaic
1 8.5

Loose underpants that women wore under their dresses in the past

is tight and close-fitting rather than loose and billowy
knickers
vspanty
  • UK
8.0

Underwear women wear under their clothes

is the general term without regional labeling or plural form note
briefs
vspanty
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
bikini pants
vspanty
2.7

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

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

Clothes worn next to your body, like underwear

is one distinct lower undergarment rather than all beneath-clothing
underdrawers
vspanty
  • Archaic
9.9

Long underpants worn by men under their clothes for warmth

is for women or children and emphasizes a short, close fit
undershorts
vspanty
  • US
1.8

Short, tight underwear worn under clothes, usually by men

is for women or children and often styled differently
smallclothes
vspanty
  • Archaic
9.9

Underwear men wore under their clothes in the past

is a modern, specific short lower undergarment for women or children

Compounds

panty girdle
  • Archaic
1 7.2

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

How Much Coverage

panty
  • US
28 2.6
bikini
125 1.0
thong
  • NSFW
66 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.