Synonyms and antonyms of Clothes and accessories worn for sports and leisure in British Thesaurus

box (noun)

British a hard cover worn by men to protect their sex organs when playing sports

jersey (noun)

a shirt worn as part of a uniform in sports such as football

jockstrap (noun)

informal a tight piece of underwear that a man wears to support his sex organs when he is playing sport

jogging suit (noun)

British a set of loose clothes that you wear especially when you are doing exercise

kit (noun)

British clothes and equipment needed for a sport

leotard (noun)

a piece of clothing that covers the body tightly from the neck to the top of the legs and is used for dancing or exercising

shell suit (noun)

British sports clothes that people often wear as ordinary clothes, consisting of a jacket and trousers made of very thin brightly coloured cloth. Shell suits were popular among working-class people in the 1990s.

shin guard (noun)

a shin pad

shin pad (noun)

an object that you wear inside your socks to protect your shins when you are playing games such as football and rugby

shirt (noun)

the part of a sports strip that covers the top part of a player’s body

shoulder pad (noun)

a large piece of hard plastic that is worn under a shirt to protect a player’s shoulders in the sport of American football

silks (noun)

the bright coloured shirt worn by a jockey (=someone who rides a horse in a race)

singlet (noun)

British a shirt with no sleeves that you wear to play some sports such as basketball

strip (noun)

British a uniform worn by the players in a team

sweats (noun)

Americaninformal a jogging suit

sweats (noun)

Americaninformal sweatpants

sweatsuit (noun)

American a jogging suit

tennis shoe (noun)

a shoe with a rubber sole (=bottom) that is used for playing tennis and other sports

track pants (noun)

Canadian loose trousers that you wear especially when you are doing exercise

tracksuit (noun)

loose trousers and a loose top that you wear especially before or after exercising

trakky daks (noun)

Australianinformal tracksuit trousers

warm-ups (noun)

American a tracksuit

wetsuit (noun)

a suit made of rubber that people wear for water sports such as diving and surfing

whites (noun)

British special white clothes that people often wear for playing sports such as tennis or cricket

wristband (noun)

something that you wear around your wrist, for example when you are playing sport