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naked

naked

38 1.0
Not covered and showing the surface underneath
  • adjective
  • /ˈneɪ.kɪd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : desnudo
  • Next to them visually stood the Waodani warrior: naked, powerful, serious, and enigmatic.

But for my everyday natural, this is my naked face feeling.

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Examples

  • Now, at low tide, the shelf shouldered high up, the black rock showing naked and strange.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • On this side, there is no ceiling really, only naked wood, the unvarnished belly of the first floor.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And there we go, a naked room, a blank canvas.

  • Shutters and doors were naked, stripped to the wood and still waiting for fresh paint.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The models were naked, wrapped in brown paper so you couldn't see what they'd got.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The only light came from the naked bulbs strung along the structural beams.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • There's an old African proverb that says beware when a naked man offers you his shirt.

  • The tree stood naked in winter, its branches completely bare of leaves.

  • After the storm, the landscape appeared naked, stripped of all vegetation.

  • He felt naked without his jacket on a chilly day, exposed to the cold wind.

Synonyms

bare
vsnaked
217 2.2

Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface

applies this idea specifically to items or bodies usually kept covered
nude
vsnaked
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89 3.7

Not wearing any clothes

is used especially when something normally kept covered becomes bare
raw
vsnaked
  • NSFW
20 8.5

Completely without clothes

is the full descriptive form focusing on normal coverings
stark naked
vsnaked
  • NSFW
7 4.6

Completely without any clothes

is similar but used in neutral descriptions rather than strong emphasis
in the buff
vsnaked
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6 9.3

Not wearing any clothes

is the standard descriptive term used across registers
unclothed
vsnaked
  • NSFW
4 3.7

Not wearing any clothes

adds that this applies especially to things usually covered
bare-assed
vsnaked
  • Offensive
2 9.6

Completely without clothes with the bottom showing

is the general descriptive term without slang or explicit focus
bare-ass
vsnaked
  • Offensive
2 9.9

Completely without clothes

is the more neutral way to note lack of covering
naked as a jaybird
vsnaked
  • NSFW
2 9.5

Having no clothes on

is the plain descriptive word for that same state
unclad
vsnaked
  • NSFW
1 7.5

Not wearing any clothes

stresses that the lack of covering is notable for normally covered things
clothesless
vsnaked
  • NSFW
8.4

Not wearing any clothes

highlights when something usually covered is left bare
garmentless
vsnaked
  • NSFW
8.1

Not wearing any clothes

uses a similar idea but points to normally covered items becoming bare
unattired
vsnaked
  • NSFW
9.1

Not wearing any clothes

emphasizes that the lack of covering is notable for covered things
undressed
vsnaked
  • NSFW
1.9

A person who is not wearing any clothes

refers more to a general state of being uncovered rather than removal act
starkers
vsnaked
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who has no clothes on

is the neutral or general way to describe exposed state
in the raw
vsnaked
  • NSFW
8.8

A person who has no clothes on

is the straightforward descriptive term rather than a phrase
peeled
vsnaked
  • NSFW
9.9

Completely without clothes on

is the neutral descriptive term rather than slang
mother-naked
vsnaked
  • NSFW
9.9

Completely without clothes like a new baby

is the basic descriptive term without exaggerated comparison

Completely without clothes, as when someone is born

is the literal descriptive choice rather than an idiomatic image

Completely without clothes like at birth

is the standard descriptive term without idiomatic language
uncovered
vsnaked
  • NSFW
1.9

Not wearing clothes on a part of the body

focuses specifically on lack of clothing for normally covered things
exposed
vsnaked
1.8

Not covered by clothes and showing skin

refers specifically to absence of clothing rather than general exposure

Antonyms

1 1.0

Having something on top or around it

1 1.0

Wearing clothes to cover the body

Idioms

7 4.6

Completely without any clothes

2 9.5

Having no clothes on

Completely without clothes, as when someone is born

Completely without clothes like at birth

Compounds

half-naked
  • NSFW
40 3.0

Wearing only a few clothes with much of the body uncovered

24 3.6

The eye without help from tools like a telescope or microscope

1 9.0

A plant that grows tall flower stalks after its leaves die back

A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants

9.9

Completely without clothes like a new baby

8.1

A human described as an animal to show basic natural instincts

naked option
  • Specialized
9.9

To sell a right to buy or sell a stock without owning it and risk large losses

An animal with a hairless nose and mouth area

Having a tail with little or no hair

A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards

How Bare

naked
  • NSFW
38 1.0
stripped
  • NSFW
3.5
uncovered
  • NSFW
1.9
exposed
1.8

Surface Forms

naked positive

Etymology

Naked comes from an old English word nacod meaning 'bare' or 'without covering', a strong image like a tree with no leaves. So we call branches or hills 'naked' when they have no cover or usual layer on them.