togs

9.2

Clothes people wear, often for going out or special events

noun
/tɔɡz/

: ropa

Make sure to wear warm togs when you go skiing this winter.

Pilot A foxy red toga rocks togs on some curtain for this here theatre of suffering.

Examples

She donated her old togs to charity to help those in need.
Pilot A foxy red toga rocks togs on some curtain for this here theatre of suffering.

Harvard University
He packed his togs for the beach trip so he could enjoy the sunny weather.

Synonyms

clothes

vstogs

∞ 1.0

Things you wear to cover your body, like shirts and coats

is informal rather than the neutral general word

duds

vstogs

2 8.0

Clothes people wear for casual, everyday use

is informal too but less playful and not a teasing name

threads

vstogs

Slang

1 8.3

Clothes you wear that look smart or stylish

is informal but less slangy and more neutral in everyday speech

toggery

vstogs

Archaic

9.9

Clothes or a small shop that sells them

is informal for clothes but not old fashioned or shop related

How Formal

formalwear

3 3.6

business suit

16 1.8

togs

9.2

casual

81 1.3

raggy

4.2

Surface Forms

togs singular

togs plural

Morphology

togs = tog (transparent) = tog + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'tog' using the productive English plural suffix '-s'; meaning directly derives as 'tog' (clothing) → 'togs' (clothes).

Etymology

Togs means 'clothes' and probably comes from the old word tog, which meant 'to dress' or from the Roman garment toga. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a toga or cloak as something you wear, so togs are the clothes you put on.