This document provides definitions for various types of men's and women's clothing grouped into categories. It defines undergarments like underwear, briefs, thongs, and boxers. It also defines business clothing like suits, blazers, cardigans, vests, shirts, and defines cold weather clothing like sweaters, turtlenecks, sweatshirts, hoodies, jackets, coats, raincoats, and ponchos. Finally, it defines casual wear for everyday activities like polo shirts, t-shirts, tank tops, tracksuits, robes, pajamas, and overalls.

1. Men & Women’s
Clothing
Above the Waist
These are general words that apply to both men and women’s
clothing.

2. Under garments:
worn under your clotting

3. Underwear
Clothing worn next to the skin and under other clothing

4. Slang: Tighty Whiteys
Briefs
Y-shaped underwear

5. Thongs
Underwear that doesn't cover the bottom, but has a thin strip of material that passes between
the buttocks.

6. Boxers
Underwear in the form of shorts

7. Business
Sportswear

8. Suit
Two piece formal wear in the form of a smart jacket, and trousers or skirt

9. Top
Any garment for just the upper body

10. Blazer
A jacket worn as a uniform, usually less weather proof than a jacket

11. Cardigan
Knitted long sleeved upper body garment with a full length opening at the front
fastened by a zip or buttons

12. Vest, Waistcoat
A thin sleeveless upper body garment without sleeves worn over a shirt, which
usually has buttons down the front

13. Shirt
An upper body garment with a collar, cuffs, and a full length vertical opening at the
front with buttons

14. Cold Weather
Clothing

15. Sweater
Knitted upper body garment

16. Turtleneck
A high, tubular, often rolled-down collar that fits closely about the neck.

17. Sweatshirt
A knitted top with long sleeves, typically lighter than a sweater

18. Hoody
Any top with a hood

19. Jacket
A waist length coat

20. Coat
An outer garment with sleeves, that is worn over other clothes, usually for warmth. It can be
waist length or longer

21. Raincoat
A waterproof or water-resistant coat worn to protect the body from rain.

22. Poncho
A cloak with a hole in the center for the head

23. Casual Wear (Everyday
wear):
Wear to walk the dog, hang-out at
home, grocery shop, work
outside, cleaning, wear on the
weekends, etc…

24. Polo Shirt
Thin short sleeved top with a collar with a few buttons down a slit below the collar

25. T-Shirt
A thin short sleeved upper body garment

26. Slang: Wife beater
Tank Top
A thin sleeveless upper body garment

27. Tracksuit/ Jogging Suit
A loose top and trousers, worn for sports, or informally

28. Robe
A loose fitting piece of clothing with sleeves

29. Pajamas
Trousers and top intended for sleeping in

30. Overalls/Dungarees
Loose, full body protective clothing