outerwear

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noun

Clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

Similar
overclothes
Opposite
underwear
OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounouterwear (countable and uncountable, plural outerwears)

plural outerwears

  1. countableuncountableClothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

    Antonyms: underwear

  2. countableuncountableClothing (such as a raincoat) worn over one's clothes when outdoors.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounClothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

Opposite
underwear

More synonyms by meaning

nounclothing for use outdoors

Similar
overclothes
Broader
clothingarticle of clothingvesture
Also see
overclothes

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishouter
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  6. Old Englishwerian
  7. Middle Englishweren
  8. Englishwear
  9. Englishouterwear

From outer + -wear.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 面衫
  • 面衫clothing worn over one's underwear
Chinese Mandarin 外套, 外衣
  • 外套 (wàitào)clothing worn over one's underwear
  • 外衣 (wàiyī)clothing worn over one's underwear
  • 外褂 (wàiguà)clothing worn over one's underwear
Finnish päälyvaatteet, päällysvaatteet
  • päälyvaatteetclothing worn over one's underwear
  • päällysvaatteetclothing worn over one's underwear
  • ulkovaatteetclothing worn for outdoors
German Oberbekleidung
  • Oberbekleidungclothing worn over one's underwear
Polish ubranie wierzchnie, ubranie na dwór
  • ubranie wierzchnieclothing worn over one's underwear
  • ubranie na dwórclothing worn for outdoors
Spanish abrigo, prenda exterior
  • abrigoclothing worn over one's underwear
  • prenda exteriorclothing worn over one's underwear
  • ropa exteriorclothing worn over one's underwear
Swedish innerkläder, ytterplagg
  • innerkläderclothing worn over one's underwear
  • ytterplaggclothing worn for outdoors
  • ytterkläderclothing worn for outdoors

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outerware
Cite this entry
APA

outerwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outerwear

MLA

“outerwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outerwear. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outerwear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outerwear.

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