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

The muscular American actor appears topless and drenched in sweat in the French fashion house’s latest images featuring the Nike x Jacquemus Moon Shoe, unveiled on Wednesday. —Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025

Her photos – convivial images of women, often topless, caught in a joyful, sunny mood – have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. —Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

The feature generated topless videos of Taylor Swift, without explicit instruction to do so, according to The Verge. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025

Prosecutors alleged that Gilkey-Meisegeier bought alcohol for one of the victims in exchange for topless photos. —Melissa Chan, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 2