Meanings
nounmenswear (uncountable)
alternative men’s wear · alternative men's wear
- uncountableMen's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.
Derek Guy was a relatively unknown menswear writer with 25,000 followers on Twitter in 2022.
2025 June 14, Christopher Mathias, “JD Vance threatened to deport him. The ‘menswear guy’ is posting through it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2025
Origin
- Englishmen
- Proto-Indo-European*wes-
- Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
- Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
- Old Englishwerian
- Middle Englishweren
- Englishwear
- Englishmenswear
Translations
Finnish miesten vaatteet
- miesten vaatteetmenswear
German Herrenbekleidung, Herrenausstattung
- Herrenbekleidungmenswear
- Herrenausstattungmenswear
- Herrenoberbekleidungmenswear
- Herrenmodemenswear
Irish éadaí fear
- éadaí fearmenswear
Polish odzież męska
- odzież męskamenswear
Portuguese moda masculina
- moda masculinamenswear
Slovak pánska móda, pánske odevy
- pánska módamenswear
- pánske odevymenswear
- pánsky textilmenswear
- pánske oblečeniemenswear
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
menswear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menswear
MLA
“menswear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menswear. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menswear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menswear.
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