underthing

Examples

• All

• And when I found you in my bed, I thought you had removed your underthings to make it easy for me.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Though we can't say much about the quality, kids simply go bananas for themed underthings.

  Blog text (3)

• What are her underthings doing in there?

  Fiction book (2000)

• All I have to buy are my underthings, thank heaven.

  Love Crazy (1941)

• You buy the underthings and then give her $200 for everything else!

  Blog text (19)

• They went through my underthings.

  Richard Jewell (2019)

• Annabelle, clothed in her underthings, flashed a challenging look at her companion.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The area above her head was crisscrossed with improvised clotheslines from which dripped her wet underthings.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Her luggage: She pulls out Wet-Naps, her underthings in a plastic baggie marked "Underthings," and her shoes in a baggie marked "Shoes."

  Fiction book (1997)

• She packed her underthings carefully into the suitcase before the trip.

Synonyms

U

underwear

vsunderthing

507 1.0

Clothes that you wear next to your skin under other clothes

is the informal, playful label for that same category

L

lingerie

vsunderthing

• NSFW

86 4.8

Clothes that women wear under other clothes, often thin and pretty

is more casual and applies to any underclothing regardless of style

U

undergarment

vsunderthing

22 2.4

Clothing you wear under other clothes next to the skin

is the informal name used instead of this neutral term

P

pair of underwear

vsunderthing

7 1.0

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

is an informal term that can mean any such single item

U

unmentionable

vsunderthing

• Archaic

4 9.5

An item of underwear that you are embarrassed to mention

is a casual neutral name that does not suggest embarrassment

U

underclothing

vsunderthing

1 1.4

Clothes you wear next to your skin under other clothes

is the informal, casual word for that general set of items

I

intimate apparel

vsunderthing

• US

1 3.7

Clothes women wear under other clothes, for example bras and panties

is the everyday informal label that covers all inner garments

U

undies

vsunderthing

• Informal

1 7.7

Light women's underwear like panties or bras

is another informal, slightly playful term for the same items

D

drawers

vsunderthing

• Archaic

1 9.9

A pair of underpants with short legs worn under clothes

is the informal modern label, not tied to older styles

U

underclothes

vsunderthing

1.5

Clothes worn next to the skin under other clothes

is the informal, less formal label for those hidden garments

U

undergarb

vsunderthing

5.9

Clothes worn next to your body, like underwear

is the informal, colloquial way to refer to those garments

F

fundies

vsunderthing

• Australian

9.9

Underwear like briefs or underpants

is broader and not limited to brief-style lower garments

U

underpants

vsunderthing

1.0

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

is more general and can denote any undergarment type

S

smallclothes

vsunderthing

• Archaic

9.9

Underwear men wore under their clothes in the past

is a casual modern word not limited to historical men's items

How Warm

long johns

6 2.4

underthing

• Informal

3 8.4

underpants

1.0

lingerie

• NSFW

86 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology