sweatshirt

noun

sweat·​shirt ˈswet-ˌshərt 

: a loose collarless pullover or jacket usually of heavy cotton jersey

Examples of sweatshirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First, there was the child who had zipped his entire face inside the hood of his green sweatshirt. —Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026

The boy, King Darius Lozada, is 4 feet tall, weighs 85 pounds and may be wearing a dark blue sweatshirt and light blue sweatpants, the Santa Monica Police Department said in a post on X Wednesday night. —Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026

The second is a similar build, last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants and a red baseball cap, according to LAPD. —Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 7 May 2026

Rihanna keeps it casual in a sweatshirt and baseball cap for her night out at César Restaurant in Paris on April 30. —Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sweatshirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt

Kids Definition

sweatshirt

noun

sweat·​shirt -ˌshərt 

: a loose collarless usually long-sleeved pullover or jacket of soft absorbent material