sweat suit

American  

noun

1. a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.

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sweat suit British  

noun

1. a suit worn by athletes for training comprising knitted cotton trousers fitting closely at the ankle and a light cotton sweater

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Etymology

Origin of sweat suit

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

With the aid of a stylist, he donned a Prada sweat suit for one shoot and a pair of Dior pants, a Giorgio Armani blazer and a Bvlgari watch for another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Remble’s dressed in a camel-colored sweat suit and a durag as he sifts through a folder of new demos to play for The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022

However, in the probable-cause statement used to obtain the murder warrant, Broggi stated that Newell identified a black man with a brown backpack, gray sweat suit and baseball cap as the shooter.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2019

Wall dressed casually, wearing a hooded gray Adidas sweat suit.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2015

She wore a turquoise sweat suit, the sleeves and legs cut off, threads hanging like a blue-green spiderweb.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds