bald

Meaning

Adj

1. Having no hair, fur or feathers.
2. Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head.
3. Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head. (of animals)
4. Denuded of any covering.
5. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
6. Unembellished.
7. Without evidence or support being provided.

Noun

1. A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
2. A bald person.

Verb

To become bald.

Synonyms

bare

hairless

bald-headed

naked

bald-pated

glabrous

denuded

smooth

callow

denudate

shaven

undraped

shiny

baldness

baldpate

unadorned

blunt

open country

unconcealed

uncovered

undisguised

exposed

barefaced

plain

go bald

baldhead

short-haired

shaved

sheer

sleek

stark

stripped

trivial

unarmed

uncarpeted

unclad

undressed

uninteresting

unsheathed

unvarnished

au naturel

branchless

grow bald

unattired

unroofed

having no hair

scald-headed

glabrescent

unappareled

ungarbed

ungarmented

bold-head

receding hairline

avowed

hearless

bareheaded

barren

beardless

blazing

bleak

bright

clean

coot

crude

dry

empty

evident

featherless

glossy

head-on

jejune

leafless

meagre

nude

open

overt

palpable

paltry

peeled

polished

scabby

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔːld/

Etymology

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare with Old Danish bældet (“bald”).
Alternate etymology has Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (both from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).