balding

1 2.7

Starting to lose hair on the head

adjective
/ˈbɔːldɪŋ/

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Good news for balding men and for people who are looking to change their self-image in a positive way.

But like he, she now looks like a a balding middle-aged man.

Examples

As he grew older, he noticed that his hair was gradually balding on the top of his head.
Balding and stocky, her husband looked my age.

Fiction book (1994)
I'm still here, still balding, still knocking them down, still doing shows, still being relevant.
Many men begin balding in their thirties, which can be a difficult change to accept.
He felt self-conscious about balding and often wore a hat to cover his thinning hair.

Synonyms

bald-headed

vsbalding

9 3.0

Having little or no hair on the top of the head

is the ongoing change of losing scalp hair rather than the finished state

baldish

vsbalding

5.8

Having only a little hair on the head

is the gradual loss of scalp hair leading to complete hair absence

alopecic

vsbalding

Specialized

9.9

Having lost hair, wool, or feathers

is the everyday process of losing scalp hair rather than a clinical label

follicly challenged

vsbalding

Informal

9.1

Having little or no hair on the head

describes the actual process of losing scalp hair in neutral terms

baldpated

vsbalding

Archaic

9.5

A person with no hair on their head

refers to the process of hair loss that leads to that condition

bald-pated

vsbalding

Archaic

9.1

Having little or no hair on the top of the head

focuses on the change of losing scalp hair rather than the final condition

Antonyms

thick-haired

2.3

Having a lot of hair on the head or body

How Bald

bald

280 1.0

baldish

5.8

balding

1 2.7

Surface Forms

balding positive

Morphology

balding = bald (transparent) = bald + ing

Formed by adding the common progressive/adjectival suffix '-ing' to 'bald', indicating the process or state of becoming bald, which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Balding comes from the old word bald, which long ago described a shiny or 'bare' head—picture a smooth, bright spot where the hair is thin. So, balding means 'beginning to lose hair'.