trousers
An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
Example
“The trousers need to be shortened.”
Synonyms
- pair of trousers
A kind of
- garment
Kinds of trousers
- knee pants
- cords
- white
- trunks
- stretch pants
- sweat pants
- ski pants
Related words
- treggings
- troons
- trouserlike
- Dutchman's trousers
- combat trousers
- sweat trousers
- drainpipe trousers
- harem trousers
- in short trousers
- spongebag trousers
- long trousers
- overtrousers
Word history
From Latin "trabrugi".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “trousers” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.