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open-collared

open-collared

1 5.1
A shirt with the top button undone at the neck
  • adjective
translation icon : con cuello desabrochado
  • At the wedding, many guests wore open-collared shirts for a laid-back atmosphere.
  • open-collared shirt
  • wearing an open-collared
  • dressed in an open-collared

Examples

  • His face was a big, ruddy square, his sunburn extending into the V of his open-collared denim work shirt.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • They're wearing open-collared shirts in white, blue, and lime green to show off their tans.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • An open-collared light-blue shirt, sweat rings, shadow of a beard, nice tan, handsome, macho.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The men wore jeans, open-collared shirts, and sneakers; some of the women wore culotte-style outfits and pants with tennis shoes.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Always, he wears a tie—even on Fridays when men usually go open-collared.

    Blog text (17)
  • Iree paused and considered the man who, although he never had much color at all, now seemed to have lost it all, even the splashes of yellow and sky blue that sometimes would grace the lining of a vest or open-collared shirt.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • He arrived at the party in an open-collared shirt, looking relaxed and stylish.

  • During the summer, she prefers wearing an open-collared shirt to keep cool.

Synonyms

unbuttoned
vsopen-collared
2 1.3

Clothing with its buttons left open

refers only to a shirt with the collar unfastened at the neck

Antonyms

buttoned-up
  • Formal
2 7.4

Very formal and conservative in dress and manner at work or events

How Casual

informal
98 3.1
casual
81 1.3
open-collared
1 5.1
formal
  • Formal
394 3.0

Surface Forms

open-collared positive

Morphology

open-collared = open + collared (transparent) = open + collar + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'open' and 'collared' (where 'collared' = 'having a collar'), so the meaning follows directly from the parts.

Etymology

Open-collared is simply two words put together: open meaning 'not closed' and collar meaning 'the part of a shirt around the neck'. So an open-collared shirt is one with the collar left 'unbuttoned' at the neck, giving a more relaxed look.