nude
[adjective]
Synonyms: naked, bare, disrobed, stark-naked, stripped, unclad, unclothed, undressed, without a stitch on (informal)

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Antonyms: clad, clothed, dressed
Contrasted words: covered, attired, robed, decent
Related Idioms: buck naked, in a state of nature, in one's birthday suit, in one's skin, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, stripped to the buff, without a stitch on, without a stitch to one's name
Related Words: peeled, uncovered, dishabille, garmentless, unattired, unrobed

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

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. nude¹ /njuːd $ nuːd/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: nudus]

1. not wearing any clothes Synonym : naked:
I did some work as a nude model when I was in college.
Have you ever posed nude (=been photographed or painted while nude)?

2. done by or involving people who are not wearing any clothes:
There are several nude scenes in the film.
I have no desire to go to a nude beach (=a beach where people wear no clothes).

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. nude² noun

1. [countable] a painting, statue etc of someone not wearing clothes

2. in the nude not wearing any clothes Synonym : naked:
He was standing there in the nude.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

nude
adj.
VERBS appear, be, lie, sit, stand He refused to appear nude in the film. She was lying nude on a beach towel.
ADV. completely | almost | semi

[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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