Meanings
- uncountablegarments designed to be worn in bed; nightclothes
Maya: Uh huh... I guess you could say that they're professional sleepwear.
2007 March 16, Capcom Production Studio 4, quoting Maya, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All, Europe: Capcom, →OCLC, Nintendo DS, scene: Part 3: Investigation, Moe's Room, level/area: Turnabout Big Top1 more example
The regulations cover chil dren's pajamas, robes, night gowns and other sleepwear up to and including size 6X—the size range for most children up to six years of age.
1971 July 29, “U.S. Bars Some Flammable Sleepwear”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: bedwear, nightclothes, nightgear, nightwear, sleepingwear
Synonyms & antonyms
noungarments designed to be worn in bed; nightclothes
More synonyms by meaning
noungarments designed to be worn in bed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsleep
- Proto-Indo-European*wes-
- Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
- Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
- Old Englishwerian
- Middle Englishweren
- Englishwear
- Englishsleepwear
Cite this entry
sleepwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepwear
“sleepwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepwear. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleepwear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepwear.
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