Thesaurus:trousers
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: clothing from waist to the ankles, divided for each leg edit
Synonyms edit
- breeches (informal)
- breeks
- britches (Appalachia, Southern US)
- cacks (Ireland)
- gaskins
- hose (obsolete)
- hosen
- inexpressibles (colloquial, dated)
- kecks (British dialect)
- lally-drags (Polari)
- pair of trousers
- pant (USA, Australia, fashion)
- pants (USA, Australia)
- strides (Australia)
- trews (Britain)
- trousers
Hypernyms edit
- bottomwear
- clothing [⇒ thesaurus]
- drawers (slang)
Hyponyms edit
- bell bottoms
- bloomers
- board shorts (Australia)
- boardies (Australia)
- bumsters
- capris
- capri pants
- clamdiggers
- corduroys
- crackers (South Africa)
- daks (Australia)
- drawers
- ducks
- flannels
- hip-huggers
- hipsters
- jeans
- jeggings
- jodhpurs
- joggers
- jogging bottoms
- jogpants
- kerseys
- khakis
- knickers
- loons
- lowriders
- pantaloon
- pantaloons
- pedal-pushers
- salopettes
- shorts
- slacks
- slops (obsolete)
- stubbies (Australia)
- sweats
- sweatpants
- trackies (Australia)
- tracksuit bottoms
- treggings
- waders
Related words edit
Further reading edit
- “trousers” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.