nude

Meaning

Adj

1. Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
2. Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
3. (obsolete) 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.

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/n(j)uːd/

Etymology

Entered English 1531 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).