nude

¹nude

adjective \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

See Synonym Discussion at bare

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

²nude

noun

Definition of NUDE

1

a : a representation of a nude human figure

b : a nude person

2

: the condition of being nude <in the nude>

Examples of NUDE

1. the nudes of Greek sculpture
2. <the artist painted some models in the nude>

First Known Use of NUDE

1708

Related to NUDE

Synonyms

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

Related Words

toplessness; naturism, nudism