wrist watch

1. 1.

   a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist

   Synonymswristwatch

   Broaderwatch

Questions about wrist watch

What does wrist watch mean?

wrist watch means "a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist".

What is another word for wrist watch?

Close synonyms include wristwatch. 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 wrist watch a common word?

wrist watch 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.