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sweats¹

  • /swɛts/

Rhymes with -ɛts

noun

  1. plural plural of sweat

noun

  1. informal, plural, plural only A full sweatsuit; typically refers to casual, comfortable clothing; a set consisting of a sweatshirt and sweatpants, often worn for exercise or lounging.
  2. broadly, informal, plural, plural only Sweatpants.

    Similar: joggers

  3. informal, plural, plural only Any illness causing copious perspiration. I have a bad case of the sweats. Do you think it's the flu?
  4. informal, plural, plural only Nervousness. Any law-abiding person gets stomach butterflies when pulled over for running a yellow light And going to traffic court can bring on a case of the sweats.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat

Sweats²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Sweat

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sweat suit, colliquative, hats, lodges, perspires, sweatlodge, jumpsuit, sweatshorts, shvitz, schwitz, sleepingwear, sweatbox, schvitz, perspiration, sweatdrop, snowsuit

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@misc{sweats_2026,
  title = {sweats},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweats},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}