NUDE Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

Q: How does the adjective 'nude' differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of nude are bald , bare , barren , and naked . While all these words mean "deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering," nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. // a nude model posing for art students

Q: In what contexts can 'bald' take the place of 'nude'?

While in some cases nearly identical to nude , bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. // a bald mountain peak

Q: When is 'bare' a more appropriate choice than 'nude'?

While the synonyms bare and nude are close in meaning, bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. // an apartment with bare walls

Q: When can 'barren' be used instead of 'nude'?

The meanings of barren and nude largely overlap; however, barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. // barren plains

Q: When would 'naked' be a good substitute for 'nude'?

The synonyms naked and nude are sometimes interchangeable, but naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. // poor half- naked children

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ˈnüd

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as in naked

lacking or shed of clothing Picasso's paintings of nude art models

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noun

as in nudity

the state of having no clothes on one's body the artist painted some models in the nude

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How does the adjective nude differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of nude are bald, bare, barren, and naked. While all these words mean "deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering," nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure.

a nude model posing for art students

In what contexts can bald take the place of nude?

While in some cases nearly identical to nude, bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness.

a bald mountain peak

When is bare a more appropriate choice than nude?

While the synonyms bare and nude are close in meaning, bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable.

an apartment with bare walls

When can barren be used instead of nude?

The meanings of barren and nude largely overlap; however, barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility.

barren plains

When would naked be a good substitute for nude?

The synonyms naked and nude are sometimes interchangeable, but naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.

poor half-naked children

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Recent Examples of nude

Adjective

Police believe the two had been seeing one another for several weeks and that Andrade kept nude pictures of her on his phone. —

Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024 Billboard apologized to Taylor Swift on Thursday after the publication included footage an unauthorized nude wax figure of her in a video posted to social media. —

Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024

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On Quinn’s iconic spiral staircase hung the painting smocks of Bengston, Moses, and Dill, a sculpture of a female nude by Anthony Donaldson suspended above them. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2024 From James Van Der Beek posing nude on top of a horse to Will Arnett dressing up as Tom Selleck's Magnum P.I., nothing is impossible in PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive issues. —

Brendan Le, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nude