nude

1 of 2

adjective

ˈnüd 

ˈnyüd

nuder; nudest

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)

: having a color that matches the wearer's skin tones

nude pantyhose

nude lipstick

(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

nudely adverb

nudeness noun

nudity

ˈnü-də-tē 

ˈnyü-

noun

nude

2 of 2

noun

1

a

: a representation of a nude human figure

b

: a nude person

2

: the condition of being nude

in the nude

Synonyms

Adjective

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

Noun

• altogether
• bareness
• birthday suit
• bottomlessness
• buff
• nakedness
• nudity
• raw

Choose the Right Synonym for nude

bare, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering.

bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable.

an apartment with bare walls

naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.

poor half-naked children

nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure.

a nude model posing for art students

bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness.

a bald mountain peak

barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility.

barren plains

Examples of nude in a Sentence

Adjective

The artists sketched the nude model.

Picasso's paintings of nude art models.

Noun

the nudes of Greek sculpture

the artist painted some models in the nude

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The Sunshine State has several nude beaches, and a few wink-wink ones. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024

Apple has removed several generative AI apps from the App Store after a 404 Media investigation discovered they could be used to create nonconsensual nude images. —Emily Price, PCMAG, 26 Apr. 2024

Lips overlined with a dark brown pencil and filled with a nude color and a brown smoky eye, says makeup artist Karina Morales. —Loren Savini, Allure, 25 Apr. 2024

The odalisque is always sultry, frequently nude, and often blatantly Orientalized. —Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024

In December, Miami-Dade County police officers arrested two middle school boys for allegedly making and sharing fake nude A.I. images of two female classmates, ages 12 and 13, according to police documents obtained by The New York Times through a public records request. —Natasha Singer, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024

Elsewhere in the world of harmful deepfakes, two major websites used for creating fake nude images of people are now blocked in the United Kingdom. —Dell Cameron Andrew Couts, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024

These socks come in a convenient pack of three and are available in a plethora of colors including black, nude, and white. —Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024

Last month, a Beverly Hills middle school expelled five students who used generative AI to create fake nude images of classmates. —Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024

Noun

Apple and Google have removed apps that promised deepfake nudes from the App Store and Google Play, according to a report from 404 Media. —Laura Bratton, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024

From luxe neutrals to glossy nudes to shimmering tips, Lopez's polish jobs meld timelessness and trend, creating the sort of enduring aesthetics destined to go viral. —Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2024

Related Articles Fast rise in AI nudes of teens has unprepared California schools, legal system scrambling for solutions This will have dire consequences for future wars. —Roberto J. González, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024

Teen girls are confronting an epidemic of deepfake nudes in schools across the United States, as middle and high school students have used A.I. to fabricate explicit images of female classmates. —Kevin Roose, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024

In a happening that parodied academic female nudes painted by men, her male colleagues, Chung Chanseung and Kang Kukjin, attached transparent balloons to her semi-naked body. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024

The second image, of the American celebrity, showed her nude while a man groped her breasts. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024

Not long after he was cleared, however, leaked nudes and illicit messages purported to be from Horner were sent to several media publications including Fortune. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024

Swift and Ortega have been targeted with deepfake nudes before. —Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin nudus naked — more at naked

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing nude

• in the nude

Kids Definition

nude

1 of 2 adjective

ˈn(y)üd 

nuder; nudest

: having no clothes on

nudeness noun

nude

2 of 2 noun

1

: a nude human figure especially as shown in art

2

: the condition of being nude

in the nude