raw

Examples

• All

• Well, this is me in the raw, so to speak.

  Love and Bullets (1979)

• LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S NOT PRETTY, BUT THAT'S NATURE IN THE RAW--

  Cheetah (1989)

• I guess it's from seeing life in the raw, and running around with strong, silent types like you guys.

  River of No Return (1954)

• As I much prefer to observe life in the raw, I took myself west.

  Wild Bill (1995)

• This is our raw, immediate in your face encounter with beings as such.

• Are you going to dare to walk around the house in the raw today?

• He felt a bit embarrassed being in the raw when the doorbell rang unexpectedly.

• They enjoyed sunbathing in the raw on the private beach away from prying eyes.

Synonyms

N

nudity

vsraw

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69 4.6

Being without clothes on the body

is informal and idiomatic rather than formal terminology

B

buff

vsraw

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15 8.9

The state of not wearing any clothes

is the same idea but uses a different informal idiom

N

nakedness

vsraw

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15 2.8

Being without clothes and feeling exposed

is more colloquial and idiomatic than this neutral term

B

birthday suit

vsraw

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5 8.0

The state of being completely without clothes, like at birth

is informal too but uses a different casual expression

B

bareness

vsraw

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6.0

Being without clothes or covering on the body

refers to the whole uncovered state rather than parts only

Antonyms

C

clothed

1 1.0

Wearing clothes to cover the body

Surface Forms

Etymology