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sleepwear

sleepwear

2 1.1
Clothes like pajamas or nightgowns worn for sleeping
  • noun
  • /ˈsliːpˌwɛr/
translation icon : ropa de dormir
  • The store offers a variety of sleepwear, including soft pajamas and cozy nightgowns.
  • children's sleepwear

So I thought it would be sensible to have two sets of sleepwear available.

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Examples

  • Type (shirt, sleepwear, jacket, pants, etc.)

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  • I collect vintage sleepwear and often look to them for fabrication, details, and prints.

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  • It's the one who thinks it's OK to wear sleepwear out in public.

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  • So I thought it would be sensible to have two sets of sleepwear available.

  • Or the alternative is to tell your SO that he needs to be a good father and buy his sons some sleepwear.

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  • Especially those whose sleepwear is not exactly conducive to the local climate.

  • And then over here are just box Tees and like sleepwear, very overflown and not organized at all.

  • Loungewear, sleepwear, and workout clothes don't count.

  • "She felt her way to the console, her sleepwear clutching and clinging at her.

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  • Between the candy on the aisles of Target in October, the advertisements on TV, and the endless promotions for Christmas sleepwear and smocked outfits in your Facebook newsfeed, it is really hard not to get caught up in the excess of the holidays.

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Synonyms

nightgown
vssleepwear
60 1.0

A loose dress that women and girls wear to sleep

is the general category that includes many sleep garments, not only one dress
nightshirt
vssleepwear
6 2.4

A loose shirt worn in bed for sleeping

is a general category that covers different garments made for sleeping
nightdress
vssleepwear
  • UK
4 2.0

A loose dress that women and girls wear in bed

is the general term for all clothes designed to be worn during sleep
nightwear
vssleepwear
1 1.4

Clothes you wear in bed for sleeping

gives examples like pajamas and dresses instead of only a general label
nightclothes
vssleepwear
1.8

Clothes you wear in bed for sleeping, like pajamas

is a general term covering many kinds of garments worn for sleeping
night-robe
vssleepwear
  • Archaic
6.1

A loose dress that women wear in bed

is the broader term for all clothing intended to be worn while sleeping

Antonyms

1 2.7

Clothes made for exercise and sport often worn for comfort

How Comfortable

sleepwear
2 1.1
loungewear
1 3.2
formalwear
3 3.6

Surface Forms

sleepwear singular
sleepwears plural

Morphology

sleepwear = sleep + wear (transparent) = sleep + wear

A clear compound of 'sleep' + 'wear' meaning garments intended for sleeping.

Etymology

Sleepwear is made from the simple parts sleep and wear, meaning clothes you 'wear' to 'sleep'. So it refers to items like pajamas or a nightgown that are made for sleeping.