naked
[adjective]
Synonyms: nude, bare, exposed, starkers (informal), stripped, unclothed, undressed, without a stitch on (informal)

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Related Words: disclosed, discovered, revealed, evident, manifest, obvious, palpable, colorless, uncolored, pure, sheer, simple

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English Thesaurus: naked, have nothing on/not have anything on, bare, nude, undressed, ...

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na‧ked S3 /ˈneɪkəd, ˈneɪkɪd/ adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: nacod]

1. not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes Synonym : nude ⇒ bare:
The children ran naked through the yard.
a picture of a naked man
They found the body lying half naked in the grass.
The governor ordered the prisoner to be stripped naked and whipped.
stark naked (also buck naked/naked as a jaybird )American English (=completely naked)

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In everyday English, people often say that someone has nothing on or doesn’t have anything on rather than say they are naked:
They ran through the yard with nothing on.

2. the naked eye if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using anything to help you, such as a telescope
visible to/with the naked eye
The mite is just visible to the naked eye.
Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye.

3. weak and unable to protect yourself:
Standing in front on his first day of teaching, Brad felt completely naked.

4. naked truth/self-interest/aggression etc truth, self-interest, aggression etc that is not hidden and is shocking:
The President condemned the invasion as an act of naked aggression.

5. naked light/flame/sword etc a light, flame etc that is not enclosed by a cover:
A naked light bulb dangled from the ceiling.
—nakedly adverb
—nakedness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

naked
adj.
VERBS appear, be, feel, go around, lie, look, stand Never had he felt so completely naked. He lay naked on the bed.
strip She quickly stripped naked.
strip sb | leave sb She had been left naked and alone.
find sb
ADV. completely, entirely, quite, stark, totally She realized with a shock that she was stark naked.
almost, nearly, virtually | half I suggest you don't make a habit of going around half naked.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

naked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes - used especially when this seems rather shocking:
a naked man
He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone.
his naked chest
have nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked:
Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on!
The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!
bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes:
The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.
nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc:
a nude portrait of his wife
undressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc:
Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed.
Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.
topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered:
a topless waitress
in the nude not wearing any clothes:
Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.
in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes:
He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.
go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear:
In summertime, he likes to go commando.
in the buff informal not wearing any clothes - a very informal use:
a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff

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