cargo pants

plural noun

: pants with cargo pockets typically on the sides of the legs at thigh level

Examples of cargo pants in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The kind of easy basic that go with (nearly) everything in your closet, your green chinos and cargo pants can be casual or dressy with the right top. — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2026

Eli Russell Linnetz, left, wears ERL plaid shirt, tee and cargo pants. — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Walking through a historic cathedral in zip-off cargo pants and a neon-yellow souvenir shirt broadcasts your status as an outsider. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

After nine months at sea, the sailors and Marines of the USS Abraham Lincoln are trading their cargo pants and boots for shorts and flip-flops. — Sam Winslade, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cargo pants

• confidants
• sycophants
• underpants
• ants
• aunts
• cants
• chants
• grants
• krantz
• lants
• plants
• rants