-wear
Suffix
- Used to form nouns denoting clothing worn by a particular sex (e.g. menswear) or age of person (e.g. kidswear)
- on a particular part of the body (e.g. neckwear)
- for a particular use (e.g. daywear)
- made in a particular way (eg, knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (eg, shoewear).
Derived terms
athleticwearbodywearboyswearbridalwearbusinesswearchildrenswearclubwearcyberweardanceweardayweardiscoweardiveweareyewearfetishwearfootweargeekwearglamourweargirlswearheadwearkidswearknitwearladieswearlatexwearleatherwearlegwearleisurewearmenswearneckwearnightwearouterwearoverwearpartywearpridewearrainwearravewearrubberwearshoewearskatewearsportswearsummerwearsurfwearswimwearunderwearwinterwearwomenswearworkwear Usage notes
Do not confuse -wear with -ware, which is used for collections of items and types of software.