as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body
with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits, socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant
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Recent Examples of birthday suit
When things are about to get hot and heavy, Nielsen’s Drebin pulls tears off his suit to reveal…his birthday suit.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
He’s appeared on the cover of a sports magazine in his birthday suit.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Arnold Schwarzenegger is no stranger to appearing in his birthday suit on screen.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
Donning your birthday suit and showering before soaking, for example, are mandatory.
—Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
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Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
He’s appeared on the cover of a sports magazine in his birthday suit.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Arnold Schwarzenegger is no stranger to appearing in his birthday suit on screen.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
Donning your birthday suit and showering before soaking, for example, are mandatory.
—Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for birthday suit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthday suit
Noun
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Crawford discussed her free-spirited attitude toward nudity in a 2019 interview with Net-a-Porter while talking about appearing naked in a photography book.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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While the book contains a small number of images of nudity, they are presented with unguarded vulnerability, including depictions of distressing medical experiences.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Also present this weekend was Joan Semmel—a painter focused on sexuality, a surprising take on nudes, and her own aging body—a friend of my mother’s from decades of summers spent in East Hampton’s Springs neighborhood.—
Vanessa Grigoriadis,
Vanity Fair,
10 Mar. 2026
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In ancient Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, beautiful nudes depict both ideal women and goddesses.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Birthday suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthday%20suit. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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