bald

Meaning

Adj

1. Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
2. (specifically) Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.
3. Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
4. (broadly) Denuded of any covering.
5. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
6. Of a statement or account, unembellished.
7. Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.

Noun

1. (Appalachia) 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. (uncommon) A bald person.

Verb

To become bald.

Opposite of

faxed, haired

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

Translations

chauve

kahl

calvo

calvo

kaal

calvo

careca

φαλακρός

pelato

calvus

glatzköpfig

calb

pelado

nackt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔːld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: balled

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰-

Cognate with Old English: bǣl

Cognate with Albanian: balë

In summary

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