sweatshirt

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sweatshirt

  • /ˈswɛtʃəːt/

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From sweat + shirt.

noun sweatshirts · sweat shirt

  1. A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel.
  2. A shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat.

    Similar: undershirt

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sweater, shirt, t-shirt, hoodie, jersey, pole, jumper, pull, sweat, polo, sweat shirt, sweaty, sweatshirting, sweatsuit, woolly, fleecewear

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noun loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel

Españolsudadera, buzo, chompa, polerón, sudador, chándal
한국어스웨트셔츠 seuweteusyeocheu, 맨투맨 maentumaen
日本語トレーナー torēnā, スウェットシャツ suwettoshatsu
中文運動衫 /运动衫 yùndòng shān
Portuguêsmoletom
Françaissweat-shirt, sweatshirt, coton ouaté
DeutschSweatshirt
Italianofelpa
Ελληνικάφούτερ foúter
Русскийолимпи́йка olimpíjka, сви́тер svítɛr, сви́тер svíter, балахо́н balaxón, ма́стерка másterka, фуфа́йка fufájka

noun shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat

Русскийфуфа́йка fufájka, толсто́вка tolstóvka

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@misc{sweatshirt_2026,
  title = {sweatshirt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweatshirt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}