white-shirt
Formal dress staple
White-shirt describes someone who works in an office or professional setting, distinguished from blue-collar manual laborers.
The term evokes the traditional dress shirt worn with business attire: white-shirt workers in the financial district.
As a noun, a white-shirt is such a worker, or sometimes a supervisor or authority figure identified by uniform: The white-shirts showed up to inspect the site.
Plant fiber for textiles
- linenFlax-derived textile
- oxfordClosed-lacing dress shoe
- poplinRibbed plain-weave cloth
- button-upSecure with disc closures
collared · sleeve · cuffs · placket · yoke · hem · stitching · seamstress
Matched formal garments
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- blazerSemiformal tailored jacket
- cufflinksDecorative sleeve fasteners
- collarNeck encirclement
tailored · businesswear · office · corporate · professional · boardroom · executive · interview
Unaffected by eras
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- stapleBasic dietary necessity
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
elegant · understated · refined · preppy · neutral · quintessential · ageless · heritage
Armed forces collectively
- navalOf maritime warfare
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- cadetMilitary academy student
- enlistedSigned up formally
service · academy · regimental · rank · insignia · epaulettes · waitstaff · hospitality
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
button-up · collared · sleeve · cuffs · placket · yoke · hem · stitching · seamstress · tailoring
suit
Matched formal garments
collar · tailored · businesswear · office · corporate · professional · boardroom · executive · interview · presentation
timeless
Unaffected by eras
versatile · elegant · understated · refined · preppy · neutral · quintessential · ageless · heritage · archetypal
military
Armed forces collectively
enlisted · service · academy · regimental · rank · insignia · epaulettes · waitstaff · hospitality · medical
stain
Lasting surface discoloration
brighten · spotless · soak · scrub · rinse · suds · freshness · yellowing · presoak · starch
white-shirtt-shirt
Casual pullover garment
casual wear · hoodie · tank top · sweatshirt · streetwear
white-shirtblue-collar
Manual labor workforce
blue-collar worker · hard hat · working class · manual laborer · factory worker
white, shirt, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whiteness, whites