underclothes

C2+ Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /ˈʌndɚkloʊðz/ UK /ˈʌndəkləʊðz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
garments worn next to the skin under other clothing; underwear

She packed fresh underclothes for the weekend trip.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · garments worn next to the... underwearundergarmentsunderclothing lingerieundies

Opposites

outerwear

Word family

Related forms clothes cloth clothe underclothing

Etymology

From under- ('beneath') + clothes. Clothes is from Old English clāþas, plural of clāþ ('cloth, garment'), from Proto-Germanic *klaithaz.

under Old English clāþ Old English *klaithaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance

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# underclothes

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌndɚkloʊðz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌndəkləʊðz/

## Meanings
1. garments worn next to the skin under other clothing; underwear

## Examples
- She packed fresh underclothes for the weekend trip.

## Synonyms
- underwear
- undergarments
- underclothing
- lingerie
- undies

## Antonyms
- outerwear

## Related Forms
- clothes
- cloth
- clothe
- underclothing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: under
- Root: clāþ
- Root: *klaithaz

## Etymology
From under- ('beneath') + clothes. Clothes is from Old English clāþas, plural of clāþ ('cloth, garment'), from Proto-Germanic *klaithaz.

## AI Etymology
Underclothes is from under- ('beneath') + clothes. Clothes is from Old English clāþas, plural of clāþ ('cloth, garment'), from Proto-Germanic *klaithaz. Important recorded forms include under (Old English), clāþ (Old English), and *klaithaz (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the under- element contributes the sense of beneath, lower rank, concealment, or insufficiency, depending on the base it modifies. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers garments worn next to the skin under other clothing; underwear. The wider family includes related words such as clothes, cloth, clothe, and underclothing.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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