step-in

1. 1.

   short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

   Synonymspantiepantyscanty

   Broaderunderpants

   plural

Questions about step-in

What does step-in mean?

step-in means "short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)".

How many syllables are in step-in?

step-in has 2 syllables: ste-p-in. The stress falls on "ste".

What is another word for step-in?

Close synonyms include pantie, panty, scanty. 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 step-in a common word?

step-in 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.