nude

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
2. (comparable, usually) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
3. (archaic, not-comparable) Not valid; void.

Noun

1. A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
2. The state of total nudity.
3. A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/n(j)uːd/

Etymology

Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).

Synonyms

naked

bare

undressed

unclothed

without clothing

unclad

nakedness

stripped

exposed

without clothes

stark

completely naked

nude person

nude statue

nude sculpture

au naturel

nudity

nude painting

mother-naked

sky-clad

bare-ass

unrobed

starkers

bare-butt

kaalgat

bare-arse

bare-bum

act

bare-balls

altogether

bald

bareness

bleak

disrobed

indecent

in the buff

in the raw

lewd

nudeness

obscene

sexy

stark naked

unashamed

bare-assed

very poor

utterly stark naked

Translations

nu

desnudo

nudo

nackt

naakt

nu

nu

nagi

bloot

onopgesmukt

γυμνός

onbedekt

Akt

bloß

dénudé