swimwear

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noun

Items of clothing appropriate for swimming.

Similar
swimsuitbathing suitswimming costumebathing costume
OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
CommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounswimwear (usually uncountable, plural swimwears)

plural swimwears

  1. uncountableusuallyItems of clothing appropriate for swimming.

    April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tidehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120422030024/http://www.avclub.com/articles/dark-tide%2C72548/ For Stockwell’s purposes, Halle Berry reps an appreciable presence in swimwear, but even her opening voiceover sounds swamped by boredom and regret.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountight fitting garment worn for swimming

Similar
swimsuitbathing suitswimming costumebathing costume
Broader
garment
Also see
bathing costumebathing suitswimming costumeswimsuit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishswim
  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. Englishswimwear

From swim + -wear.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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