US /ˈswɛtɚ/ UK /ˈswɛtə/
noun Freq #5076

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A warm knitted piece of clothing for the upper body, with long sleeves.

    She pulled on a thick wool sweater before going outside.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a warm knitted piece of... jumperpulloverjerseycardigan
Word family
Forms sweaters
Derived forms sweater-dresssweaterdress

Etymology

From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.

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