civvies

Off-duty wardrobe

Civvies is informal for civilian clothes, especially as distinguished from military or other uniforms: He couldn't wait to get out of his dress blues and into civvies.

The term originates in military slang but extends to anyone changing out of work attire: nurses in civvies, cops in civvies.

military-contrast

mufti

Islamic law interpreter

fatigues · blues · whites · battledress · khakis · regimentals · camouflage

clothing

streetwear

Skate and hip-hop clothing

t-shirts · jeans · sweatpants · flannels · cardigans · chinos · joggers · khakis · polos · blouses

civilian-life

noncombatant

Person not engaged in warfare

leave · furlough · discharge · veteran · demobilization · reintegration · citizen · nonmilitary

Categories
Opposites
military vs civilian attire

civviesuniform

Identical throughout

fatigues · military uniform · dress uniform · service dress · battle dress

Family

clothes, civil, civic, civilian, civilized, civilization, uncivil, civility, civilize

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