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I wore a sweater on the chilly morning.
What does Sweater mean?
a knitted upper-body garment, or less commonly someone or something that sweats.
Dictionary definition
A sweater is a knitted or crocheted upper-body garment, usually with sleeves. In British English, jumper commonly names this garment; in ice hockey, sweater can mean a player's heavy jersey. Less commonly, sweater can mean a person or thing that sweats.
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Sweater in a sentence
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In Britain, someone may call a pullover sweater a jumper.
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Fans wore hockey sweaters bearing the captain's name and number.
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After the race, Kai joked that he was always a heavy sweater.
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What does sweater mean?
The most common meaning of sweater is a knitted or crocheted garment worn on the upper body.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to sweater?
A pullover is a kind of sweater.
Practice 3
Which sentence uses the hockey meaning of sweater?
In ice hockey, sweater can name the heavy team jersey worn by a player.
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WordSweater.
Partnoun.
MeaningSweater means a knitted upper-body garment, or less commonly someone or something that sweats.
ExampleExample: I wore a sweater on the chilly morning.
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- swet · er
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- er
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Synonyms
Words like Sweater
pulloverA close synonym only for a sweater designed to be pulled over the head rather than opened at the front.
jumperIn British English, a common synonym for the clothing sense; in North American English, jumper usually names a different garment.
Antonym review
Does Sweater have an opposite?
Sweater has no direct antonym. A shirt or jacket is a different garment, while feeling cool is not the opposite of the object or person named by sweater.
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Word family
Sweater word family
Base word
sweater
noun
sweaters
More than one sweater.
adjective
sweaterlike
Similar to a sweater.
adjective
sweatered
Wearing or covered with a sweater; an uncommon but established form.
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Hint for students
The usual sense is a knitted upper-body garment. Region and context tell you whether jumper or hockey jersey is intended.
Common mix-up
Not every sweater is a pullover, because some open at the front. Jumper means sweater in British English but often means a sleeveless dress in North American English. The person sense means someone who sweats.
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Students label garment descriptions as pullover, cardigan, British jumper, North American jumper, or hockey sweater, then explain which labels can overlap with sweater.
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Ask students to compare sweater, pullover, cardigan, jumper, and hockey sweater. Which terms overlap, and which depend on style, region, or sport?
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