glabrous

Meaning

Bald, hairless; smooth.

Opposite of

nonglabrous, bald, callow, calvous, depilous, glabrous, hairless, smooth

Synonyms

bald

hairless

smooth

naked

barren

bleak

denuded

dry

exposed

plain

seamless

sheer

sleek

slick

slippery

unarmed

uncarpeted

unconcealed

uncovered

unlined

unsheathed

bald-pated

denudate

unseamed

undraped

unfurrowed

glabrescent

baldhead

baldpate

bare

Translations

glabre

glabro

glabro

haarlos

kılsız

άτριχος

chauve

imberbe

nu

sans poils

calvus

kaal

haarloos

glabro

calvo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡleɪbɹəs/

Etymology

From Latin glaber (“smooth; bald, hairless”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives, denoting possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance). Glaber is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (“smooth; bright, shining”), possibly from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).