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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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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

Examples of nude in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
There's a nude beach in Minneapolis that people are dying to visit. Sami Sparber, Axios, 26 Oct. 2024 When enabled, the feature will blur messages containing nude imagery and present prompt that contains resources and options, but will ultimately still let recipients view the content. Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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Colors, meanwhile, include nudes, roses, coral, and golds and bronzes with sparkling hints of chartreuse and blue. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024 And asking someone to delete all your nudes is not very Cool Girl of you, even in the breakup. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nude 

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“Nude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nude. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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