pants

Meaning

Noun

1. An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
2. An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
3. (slang) Rubbish; something worthless.

Adj

Of inferior quality, rubbish.

Verb

To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pant

Synonyms

trousers

underpants

drawers

shorts

🩳

knickers

briefs

panties

breeches

slacks

pantaloons

trousers

underwear

bloomers

leggings

trunks

unmentionables

pair of briefs

pair of drawers

pair of knickers

pair of panties

pair of pants

pair of shorts

pair of underpants

undershorts

short pants

long pants

underpants

man’s loincloth

baggy pants

false ogive

protecting case

Alan Whickers

chuddies

pantaloon

culottes

cowl

panty

scanty

shell

🐚

shield

🛡️

short

cover

cap

slip

smallclothes

stocking

trouser

cage

britches

undergarment

breech

cajones

bloomer

undies

acorn

man’s pants

gruds

step-in

pantie

short trousers

hood

inclosure

jar

🫙

kegs

knee breeches

knickerbockers

fairing

dome

lid

mantel

articles

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pænts/

Etymology

Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers.