leisure suit

noun

: a suit consisting of a shirt jacket and matching trousers for informal wear

Examples of leisure suit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Talen, who is seventy-five, held an umbrella above his white leisure suit and silver bouffant, eying a pair of bank security guards. —Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026

But a new retail survey shows a growing divide emerging between the success of newer shopping destinations and fading fortunes of those built in the age of disco balls and leisure suits. —Steve Lackmeyer, Oklahoman, 29 Mar. 2026

My father’s powder-blue polyester leisure suit with the shirt collar extending almost to the shoulders—cringe. —Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026

Clad in white oval sunglasses and a trippy, black and white leisure suit, Mr. Fantasy's funky musical and stylistic aesthetic is fueled by '70s funk, '80s disco and icons like Prince, David Bowie and Earth, Wind & Fire. —Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for leisure suit

• irresolute
• reconstitute
• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute