Sweater

Quick meaning: Sweater is a noun meaning A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

Meaning

A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

More Meanings

1. One who sweats (produces sweat).
2. One who or that which causes to sweat.
3. A diaphoretic remedy.
4. (UK, obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
5. (chiefly US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
6. (historical) An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
7. (archaic) One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.

Example Sentences

We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater

The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater.

Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]

If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.

Word Forms

• sweaters
• sweatering
• sweatered

Synonyms for sweater

Depending on context, synonyms include sweatshirt, jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shirt, jacket, hoodie, sweatshirt, coat, jersey.

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