underclothed

1. 1.

   inadequately clothed

   Synonymshalf-clothedscantily clad

   Similarunclothed

Questions about underclothed

What does underclothed mean?

underclothed means "inadequately clothed".

How many syllables are in underclothed?

underclothed has 3 syllables: under-clo-thed. The stress falls on "under".

What is another word for underclothed?

Close synonyms include half-clothed, scantily clad. 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 underclothed a common word?

underclothed 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.