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sweatpants

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈswɛtˌpænts/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S W EH1 T P AE2 N T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jogging pants, sweats, sweat trousers, trackie bottoms, track pants, tracksuit bottoms, jogging bottoms, trackie daks, trackies, joggers

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweat pants

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trouser, pant

History

Etymology

From sweat + pants.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 運動褲 /运动裤 — cotton trousers
  • Dutch: joggingbroek — cotton trousers
  • Esperanto: ŝvitpantalono — cotton trousers
  • Finnish: verryttelyhousut — cotton trousers
  • Finnish: collegehousut — cotton trousers
  • Finnish: kolitsihousut — cotton trousers
  • Finnish: kollarit — cotton trousers
  • Finnish: verkkarit — cotton trousers
  • French: pantalon de jogging — cotton trousers
  • German: Jogginghose — cotton trousers
  • German: Schlabberhose — cotton trousers
  • German: Bollerbuxe — cotton trousers
  • Hungarian: mackónadrág — cotton trousers
  • Hungarian: tréningnadrág — cotton trousers
  • Hungarian: mackóalsó — cotton trousers
  • Hungarian: tréningalsó — cotton trousers
  • Irish: bríste aclaíochta — cotton trousers
  • Japanese: トレーニングパンツ (torēningu pantsu) — cotton trousers
  • Korean: 츄리닝 바지 (churining baji) — cotton trousers
  • Korean: 트레이닝바지 (teureiningbaji) — cotton trousers
  • Polish: spodnie dresowe — cotton trousers
  • Polish: dresy — cotton trousers
  • Portuguese: moletom — cotton trousers
  • Portuguese: calça moletom — cotton trousers
  • Russian: спорти́вные штаны́ (sportívnyje štaný) — cotton trousers
  • Russian: трико́ (trikó) — cotton trousers
  • Spanish: pantalón deportivo — cotton trousers
  • Spanish: pantalón sudadera — cotton trousers
  • Spanish: pantalón de chándal — cotton trousers
  • Spanish: buzo — cotton trousers
  • Spanish: calentador — cotton trousers
  • Spanish: mono — cotton trousers
  • Swedish: mjukisbyxor — cotton trousers
  • Swedish: mysbyxor — cotton trousers
  • Welsh: trywsus chwysu — cotton trousers