Standard Lemma guide

tights

noun · verb · 6 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, Received-Pronunciation: /taɪts/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /tɑjts/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /tɑets/
  • Scotland: /tʌɪts/
  • rhymes with -aɪts
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pantyhose

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

third-person singular simple present indicative of tight

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leotards

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hosiery, hose

Narrower terms: maillot, pantyhose

History

Etymology

From tight + -s.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: чорапога́щи (čorapogášti) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Bulgarian: чорапога́щник (čorapogáštnik) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Chinese Cantonese: 連褲襪 /连裤袜 (lin4 fu3 mat6) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 連褲襪 /连裤袜 (liánkùwà) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Czech: punčocháče — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Danish: strømpebukse — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Dutch: collant — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Esperanto: kalsonŝtrumpo — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Finnish: sukkahousut — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • French: collant — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • German: Strumpfhose — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Hungarian: harisnyanadrág — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Hungarian: harisnya — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Icelandic: sokkabuxur — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Ido: kalzego — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Irish: riteoga — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Italian: collant — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Japanese: パンティストッキング (pantisutokkingu) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Japanese: タイツ (taitsu) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Korean: 팬티 스타킹 (paenti seutaking) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Korean: 타이츠 (taicheu) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Luxembourgish: Collant — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Macedonian: хулахо́пки (hulahópki) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Maltese: kalzetti — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strømpebukse — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strømpebukse — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Polish: rajstopy — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Portuguese: meia-calça — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Portuguese: colãs — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Romanian: colanți — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Romanian: dres — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Russian: колго́тки (kolgótki) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Scottish Gaelic: stocainnean — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Spanish: panti — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Spanish: pantimedia — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Swedish: strumpbyxor — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Swedish: tajts — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Turkish: tayt — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Ukrainian: колго́тки (kolhótky) — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Welsh: teits — women's garment — see also pantyhose
  • Bulgarian: трико́ (trikó) — dancer's garment
  • Dutch: collant — dancer's garment
  • Finnish: trikoot — dancer's garment
  • French: collant — dancer's garment
  • Irish: riteoga — dancer's garment
  • Italian: calzamaglia — dancer's garment
  • Macedonian: хела́нки (helánki) — dancer's garment
  • Macedonian: трико́ (trikó) — dancer's garment
  • Polish: trykot — dancer's garment
  • Russian: колго́тки (kolgótki) — dancer's garment
  • Russian: трико́ (trikó) — dancer's garment
  • Scottish Gaelic: stocainnean — dancer's garment
  • Spanish: malla — dancer's garment
  • Swedish: trikåer — dancer's garment