topless

adjective

top·​less ˈtäp-ləs 

1

a

: wearing no clothing on the upper body

b

: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers

topless bars

c

: being a place where topless women are permitted

a topless beach

2

: being without a top

3

archaic : so high as to reach up beyond sight

… and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?

—Christopher Marlowe

toplessness

ˈtäp-ləs-nəs 

noun

Examples of topless in a Sentence

She likes to go topless on the beach.

Recent Examples on the Web

Earlier this year, Aguilera turned heads on Instagram during a trip to Paris with a topless look that put the spotlight on a statement diamond necklace. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

According to the police report, topless women were scooping up money from the floor when police entered the club. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Online videos of past GTA versions show players gunning down police, robbing a liquor store and getting lap dances from topless strippers. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

After recreating Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet’s seaside photoshoot, Rinna and Hamlin went topless in several photos shared back in May. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 2