knee pants

1. 1.

   (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee

   Synonymsbreechesknee breechesknickerbockersknickers

   Broadertrousers

   Narrowerbritchesbuckskinsplus fourstrunk hose

   Partscodpiece

   plural

Questions about knee pants

What does knee pants mean?

knee pants means "(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee".

What is another word for knee pants?

Close synonyms include breeches, knee breeches, knickerbockers, knickers. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is knee pants a common word?

knee pants is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.