pantsuit

American  

[pant-soot] / ˈpæntˌsut /

Or pants suit

noun

• pantsuits
  plural

1. a woman's suit consisting of slacks and a matching jacket.

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pantsuit British  

/ ˈpæntˌsjuːt, -ˌsuːt /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): trouser suit. a woman's suit of a jacket or top and trousers

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pantsuits
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of pantsuit

First recorded in 1960–65; pant ² + suit

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Example Sentences

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pantsuit pantsuits

Poised and polished, with a sharp pantsuit and practiced smile, Fujimori looks like someone raised for politics.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

There was an accountant in a suit and an obstetrician in a red pantsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Knight wore a crisp red pantsuit with glittering figure-eight earrings, Mills an off-the-shoulder mermaid gown.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025

The progress-implying optimism of the white pantsuit, a nod to the suffragists, seems inadequate to the occasion.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024

I was dressed in traveling clothes, a gray pantsuit with a white blouse.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“As women have found their voice politically, they have begun to express themselves sartorially,” Friedman wrote in 2017, “be it through white pantsuits, so-called pussy hats or the modest fashion movement.”

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024

Giorgio Armani layered on the shimmer and shine for his fall haute couture collection, sending sparkling pantsuits and ballgowns down a slick runway.

From Reuters ● Jul. 11, 2023

She likes pantsuits, and only black ones, so that when you use your water bottle before a briefing in the Oval to clean the yogurt stain from breakfast, it doesn’t show.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Her on-air wardrobe tends toward the demure — ’70s-inspired pantsuits with wide-leg trousers, tie-neck blouses and 6-inch platforms a la Bianca Jagger or Lauren Hutton.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023

She wears pastel-colored pantsuits with elastic waists or white slacks with overblouses of bright, bold prints.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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