bodysuit

noun

body·​suit ˈbä-dē-ˌsüt 

plural bodysuits

1

: a close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso often with sleeves

… a bodysuit … of Italian-made jersey or knit. It has long sleeves, pulls on over the head, fits snugly and fastens with snaps at the crotch. This serves to replace a conventional sweater or blouse.

—Carrie Donovan

2

: a usually close-fitting one-piece garment that covers most or all of the body

Some of the top-selling costumes this year at the Spirit Halloween store in River Park are off the beaten path. Brightly colored bodysuits that cover the wearer from head to toe, including hands and feet, are popular sellers for adults.

—Fresno (California) Bee

Examples of bodysuit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The pattern is versatile and can pair with breezy linen pants or denim shorts, or, my favorite way to wear a one-piece swimsuit, as a bodysuit. —Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025

Johnson also wore a black bodysuit and straight-leg jeans. —Catherine Santino, People.com, 12 June 2025

Signature collections like Good American’s compression denim and indigo knit denim are part of the assortment as well as poplin shirts, tees, scuba bodysuits and ponte trousers. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 June 2025

Between the 2 pounds of silicone rubber fastened to his head and a 30-pound bodysuit, the Irish actor was constantly overheating while playing his ambitious Gotham City gangster. —Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bodysuit

• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute
• institute
• involute