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naked

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of naked

1 lacking or shed of clothing

had recurrent nightmares about being naked in public

Synonyms of naked

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

Words Related to naked

seminude, topless

denuded, peeled

Phrases Synonymous with naked

in the altogether (or the buff), stark naked

Near Antonyms of naked

covered, veiled

arrayed, caparisoned, decked (out), rigged (out), tricked (out)

Antonyms of naked

appareled (or apparelled), attired, clad, clothed, dressed, garbed, invested, robed, suited

2 lacking a usual or natural covering

the winter trees now look so naked without their colorful fall foliage

Synonyms of naked

bald, bare, denuded, exposed, open, peeled, stripped, uncovered

Words Related to naked

displayed, revealed

hairless, shaven

disrobed, unclad, unclothed, undressed

furless, skinned

Near Antonyms of naked

overgrown, overrun, overspread

Antonyms of naked

3 free from all additions or embellishment

a naked room waiting for an interior decorator's inspired touch

Synonyms of naked

bald, bare, plain, plain-vanilla, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished

Words Related to naked

denuded, divested, stripped

au naturel, earthy, elemental, homely, natural, unsophisticated

forthright, honest, modest, unpretentious

antiseptic, austere, bleak, severe, spartan, stark

inconspicuous, muted, restrained, sober, subdued, toned (down), unobtrusive

conservative, quiet, understated

Near Antonyms of naked

flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glittery, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

bedizened, florid, lurid, ornate

exaggerated, overdecorated, overdone, overwrought

baroque, elaborate, extravagant, ornate, rococo

appareled (or apparelled), arrayed, bedecked, decked-out, dressed, embroidered, garnished, trimmed

Antonyms of naked

adorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented

Synonym Discussion of naked

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

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