sportswear

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noun

Casual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; activewear.

Similar
sportwearathletic wearactivewear
OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

nounsportswear (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCasual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; activewear.

    Yohji Yamamoto's strength was to stick with the sportswear that has inspired him since he teamed up with Adidas to create the imaginative pin-striped or painted-denim footwear that walked his grass-turf runway.

    2002 January 29, Suzy Menkes, “PARIS FASHION : Wind of Change:New Formality With a Rugged Edge”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: sportwear

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCasual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; activewear.

Similar
sportwear

More synonyms by meaning

nounattire worn for sport or for casual wear

Similar
athletic wearactivewear
Broader
attiregarbdress
Also see
activewearsportwear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishsports
  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. Englishsportswear

From sports + -wear.

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Translations

Bulgarian спортно облекло
  • спортно облекло (sportno obleklo)casual clothing for sport or excercise
Chinese Mandarin 運動服 /运动服
  • 運動服 /运动服 (yùndòngfú)casual clothing for sport or excercise
Dutch sportkleding
  • sportkledingcasual clothing for sport or excercise
Finnish urheiluvaatteet
  • urheiluvaatteetcasual clothing for sport or excercise
French vêtement de sport
  • vêtement de sportcasual clothing for sport or excercise
German Sportbekleidung
  • Sportbekleidungcasual clothing for sport or excercise
Japanese スポーツウェア
  • スポーツウェア (supōtsuwea)casual clothing for sport or excercise
Korean 스포츠웨어, 운동복
  • 스포츠웨어 (seupocheuweeo)casual clothing for sport or excercise
  • 운동복 (undongbok)casual clothing for sport or excercise
  • 체육복 (cheyukbok)casual clothing for sport or excercise
Polish odzież sportowa
  • odzież sportowacasual clothing for sport or excercise
Russian спорти́вный костю́м
  • спорти́вный костю́м (sportívnyj kostjúm)casual clothing for sport or excercise
Spanish ropa deportiva
  • ropa deportivacasual clothing for sport or excercise
Cite this entry
APA

sportswear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportswear

MLA

“sportswear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportswear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportswear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportswear.

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