nude

¹nude

adj \ˈnüd, ˈnyüd\

nud·ernud·est

Definition of NUDE

1

: lacking something essential especially to legal validity <a nude contract>

2

a : devoid of a natural or conventional covering; especially : not covered by clothing or a drape b (1) : of the color of a white person's flesh (2) : giving the appearance of nudity <a nude dress> c : featuring nudes <a nude movie> d : frequented by naked people <a nude beach>

— nude adverb

— nude·ly adverb

— nude·ness noun

— nu·di·ty \ˈnü-də-tē, ˈnyü-\ noun

Examples of NUDE

1. The artists sketched the nude model.
2. <Picasso's paintings of nude art models.>

Origin of NUDE

Latin nudus naked — more at naked

First Known Use: 1531

Related to NUDE

Synonyms: au naturel, bare, bottomless, disrobed, mother-naked, naked, raw, starkers [chiefly British], stripped, unclad, unclothed, undressed

Antonyms: appareled (or apparelled), attired, clad, clothed, dressed, garbed, invested, robed, suited

Related Words: seminude, topless; denuded, peeled; unveiled

Near Antonyms: covered, veiled; arrayed, caparisoned, decked (out), rigged (out), tricked (out); vested; decent

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Rhymes with NUDE

brood, crowd, crude, dude, feud, food, hued, Jude, lewd, lude, mood, oud, pood, prude, pseud, rood, rude, shrewd, snood, stewed, 'tude, wood, wud