pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænts/
rhymes: -ænts
Forms: form: pant
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)
Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)bor.
Spanish Pantaleónder.
Italian Pantaloneder.
French pantalonbor.
English pantaloon
English pantaloons
English pants
Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: “But they cover the legs,” Joseph explained. “That is the only reason my people wear pants: to cover the legs in the winter, or when traveling through rough country, full of thorns. In warm weather, or in open country, pants are unnecessary, uncomfortable, and foolish.”
ref: 1933, Kenneth Roberts, Rabble in Arms, published 1996, page 220:
text: It's in the evening after dark when the blackleg miner creeps to work. With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt, there goes the blackleg miner.
ref: 1970 June 23, traditional, “The Blackleg Miner” (track 4), in Hark! The Village Wait, performed by Steeleye Span:
text: Then he gave me a last desperate push and I tripped over the shorts caught around my ankles and fell down. I tried to pull my pants up with my boxing gloves but without success.[…]In those days nobody wore underpants and I was bare-arsed and fancy free in front of everyone.
ref: 1989, Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One, Penguin, published 2006, page 427:
text: Look for pants with reinforced seats and knees and full-length side zippers that make it possible to put the pants on while you are wearing boots, crampons, skis, or snowshoes.
ref: 2010, Ronald C. Eng, editor, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 8th edition, US: The Mountaineers Books, page 24:
text: I rolled up the legs of the pants, then I went back into the trees.
ref: 2005, Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling, page 12:
text: The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).
ref: 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Taylor was seen nearby and had a three foot machete down his pants.
ref: 2014 January 13, “Blackburn man hid machete down his trousers”, in The Lancashire Telegraph:
glosses: An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
examples: text: I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting her pants on and snapping her brassière.
ref: 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 39:
text: Big girls get candy for dry pants.
ref: 1976, Nathan H. Azrin, Richard M. Foxx, Toilet Training in Less Than a Day, published 1988, page 127:
text: As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra.
ref: 1984, Martin Amis, Money, Vintage, published 2005, page 183:
glosses: An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
examples: text: You're talking pants!
text: The film was a load [or pile] of pants.
glosses: Rubbish; something worthless.
Synonyms: sense: outer garment
word: breeks
sense: outer garment
word: britches
sense: outer garment
word: hosen
sense: outer garment
word: slacks
sense: outer garment
word: strides
sense: outer garment
word: trousers
sense: undergarment
word: underwear
Hyponyms: sense: long pants
word: baby pants
sense: long pants
word: capri pants
sense: long pants
word: cargo pants
sense: long pants
word: cigarette pants
sense: long pants
word: combat pants
sense: long pants
word: convertible pants
sense: long pants
word: cords
sense: long pants
word: corduroys
sense: long pants
word: dress pants
sense: long pants
word: dungarees
sense: long pants
word: fat pants
sense: long pants
word: flood pants
sense: long pants
word: hammer pants
sense: long pants
word: harem pants
sense: long pants
word: jazz pants
sense: long pants
word: jeans
sense: long pants
word: jogpants
sense: long pants
word: judgy pants
sense: long pants
word: khakis
sense: long pants
word: loon pants
sense: long pants
word: necropants
sense: long pants
word: overpants
sense: long pants
word: palazzo pants
sense: long pants
word: parachute pants
sense: long pants
word: pegged pants
sense: long pants
word: phat pants
sense: long pants
word: plastic pants
sense: long pants
word: pumpkin pants
sense: long pants
word: rain pants
sense: long pants
word: rubber pants
sense: long pants
word: shants
sense: long pants
word: snow pants
sense: long pants
word: spongebags
sense: long pants
word: sweatpants
sense: long pants
word: toreador pants
sense: long pants
word: track pants
sense: long pants
word: trousers
sense: long pants
word: waterproof pants
sense: long pants
word: wind pants
sense: long pants
word: work pants
sense: long pants
word: yoga pants
sense: long pants
word: zip-off pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: big boy pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: big girl pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: diaper pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: forbidden pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: gamer pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: gaming pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: hot pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: jogging pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: nappy pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: panties
sense: short pants or underwear
word: panty
sense: short pants or underwear
word: pettipants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: potty pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: protective pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: short pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: spanky pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: spreader pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: training pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: trouser pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: turnout pants
sense: short pants or underwear
word: underpants
Derived terms: sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: ant's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: big-boy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: big boy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: big girl pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: big-girl pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: bitchy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: bitchy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: bossy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: bossy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: capri pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: cargo pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: catch someone with their pants down
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: caught with one's pants down
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: cigarette pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: combat pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: crap one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: crazy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: crazy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: fancy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: fancy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: fat pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: flood pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: fly by the seat of one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: get glad in the same pants one got mad in
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: get inside someone's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: get in someone's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: grumpy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: grumpy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: Hammer pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: harem pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: housepants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: incontinence pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: in short pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: jazz pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: jockey pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: judgy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: keep it in one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: keep one's pants on
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: liar liar pants on fire
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: lick the pants off
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: loon pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: nancy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pair of pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: palazzo pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pantsie
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pantsless
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants man
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants on fire
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants-on-head
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants party
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants role
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants-shittingly
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants suit
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants-suit
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants-wetting
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pants-wettingly
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pee in one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pee one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pegged pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: period pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: phat pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: piddlepants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: piss one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pisspants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pissy-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: poop in one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: poop one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: pumpkin pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: put one's pants on one leg at a time
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: put on one's pants one leg at a time
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: rainpants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: scaredy pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: scare the pants off
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: shit one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: short pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: soil one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: spanky pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: spongebag pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: sponge-bag pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: stirrup pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: striped-pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: sweat pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: tap pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: tight pants syndrome
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: track pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: training pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: wet one's pants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: whip the pants off
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: windpants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: with one's pants down
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: workpants
sense: Some are also hyponyms - needs sorting!
word: yoga pants
word: all mouth and pants
word: all mouth and no pants
word: ants in one's pants
word: beat the pants off
english: drive by the seat of one’s pants, fly by the seat of one’s pants
translation: drive by the seat of one’s pants, fly by the seat of one’s pants
word: by the seat of one's pants
word: seat-of-the-pants
word: fill one's pants
word: get into someone's pants
word: kick in the pants
word: -pants
word: pantssuit
word: pull up your pants
word: smarty pants
english: with scare, bore, beat
translation: with scare, bore, beat
word: the pants off
word: wear the pants
word: with one’s pants down