tights

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US, UK/taɪts/British, Southern, Standard/tɑjts/Australia, New Zealand/tɑets/Scotland/tʌɪts/

noun

A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

Similar
pantyhoseleotards
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Meanings

tights1

nountights pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

    Synonyms: pantyhose

  2. pluralplural onlydanceA similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
  3. pluralplural onlygovernmentA garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
  4. pluralplural onlybusinessIn blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

tights2

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of tight

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

Similar
pantyhose

More synonyms by meaning

nounskintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

Similar
leotards
Broader
hosieryhose
Also see
maillotpantyhose

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

tights · noun

From tight + -s.

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tights · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Arabic جَوَارِب نِسَائِيَّة طَوِيلَة, كولون
  • جَوَارِب نِسَائِيَّة طَوِيلَةwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
  • كولون (kōlōn)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Bulgarian трико́, чорапога́щи
  • трико́ (trikó)dancer's garment
  • чорапога́щи (čorapogášti)women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • чорапога́щник (čorapogáštnik)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Chinese Cantonese 連褲襪 /连裤袜
  • 連褲襪 /连裤袜 (lin⁴ fu³ mat⁶)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Chinese Mandarin 連褲襪 /连裤袜
  • 連褲襪 /连裤袜 (liánkùwà)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Czech punčocháče
  • punčocháčewomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Danish strømpebukse
  • strømpebuksewomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Dutch collant, collant
  • collantdancer's garment
  • collantwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Esperanto kalsonŝtrumpo
  • kalsonŝtrumpowomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Finnish trikoot, sukkahousut
  • trikootdancer's garment
  • sukkahousutwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
French collant, collant
  • collantdancer's garment
  • collantwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
German Strumpfhose
  • Strumpfhosewomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Hungarian harisnyanadrág, harisnya
  • harisnyanadrágwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
  • harisnyawomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Icelandic sokkabuxur
  • sokkabuxurwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Irish riteoga, riteoga
  • riteogadancer's garment
  • riteogawomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Italian calzamaglia, collant
  • calzamagliadancer's garment
  • collantwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Japanese パンティストッキング, タイツ
  • パンティストッキング (pantisutokkingu)women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • タイツ (taitsu)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Korean 팬티 스타킹, 타이츠
  • 팬티 스타킹 (paenti seutaking)women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • 타이츠 (taicheu)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Norwegian Bokmål strømpebukse
  • strømpebuksewomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Polish trykot, rajstopy
  • trykotdancer's garment
  • rajstopywomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Portuguese meia-calça, colãs
  • meia-calçawomen's garment — see also pantyhose
  • colãswomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Romanian colanți, dres
  • colanțiwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
  • dreswomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Russian колго́тки, трико́
  • колго́тки (kolgótki)dancer's garment
  • трико́ (trikó)dancer's garment
  • колго́тки (kolgótki)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Scottish Gaelic stocainnean, stocainnean
  • stocainneandancer's garment
  • stocainneanwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Spanish malla, panti
  • malladancer's garment
  • pantiwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
  • pantimediawomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Swedish trikåer, strumpbyxor
  • trikåerdancer's garment
  • strumpbyxorwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
  • tajtswomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Turkish tayt
  • taytwomen's garment — see also pantyhose
Ukrainian колго́тки
  • колго́тки (kolhótky)women's garment — see also pantyhose
Welsh teits
  • teitswomen's garment — see also pantyhose

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tights

lightsnightsheightsknightswhitesbrightslife rightsLong Harbour-Mount Arlington HeightsPanorama Heightssquatter's rightstrackage rights
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Anagrams

stight
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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