pantsuit

noun

pant·​suit ˈpant-ˌsüt 

: a woman's ensemble consisting usually of a long jacket and pants of the same material

pantsuited

ˈpant-ˌsü-təd 

adjective

Examples of pantsuit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dressing Dunham for a book tour, Cassel took a refined sartorial approach, looking at pantsuits and dress sets for inspiration. — Grace Byron, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026

Throw on an oversize black pantsuit, add a filament-thin chain at the waist and let your untucked shirt, trimmed with a random assortment of little baubles, peek out at the bottom. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Lightness was central at Peserico, where creative director Paola Gonella showed feminine pantsuits, fluid and belted in silk or in sablé and linen in a more structured and tailored style. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

This went on just a little too long before Swift herself appeared in a pantsuit to riff on her penchant for Easter eggs and introduce Olivia Benson (cat) to real-life Olivia Benson (Hargitay). — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pantsuit

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute

Kids Definition

pantsuit

noun

pant·​suit ˈpant-ˌsüt 

: a woman's outfit consisting usually of a long jacket and pants made of the same material