topless

adjective

Definition of toplessnext
as in nude

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Recent Examples of topless Diehard Knicks fan and Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet went topless after the game after stripping off his jacket and shirt with his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, looking on. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 11 June 2026 With precise steering, predictable handling, and an available slick-shifting six-speed manual transmission, this Miata is a textbook topless sports car. — ABC News, 10 June 2026 The age limit for when models could legally appear topless was raised to 18 in 2004. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 10 June 2026 Perhaps in imitation of the former occupant—known only through the photographs, books, textiles, and trinkets covering the walls and the floor—Liden sits topless at a piano. — Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for topless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for topless
  1. nude
  2. naked
  3. seminude
  4. unclothed
  5. unclad
  6. undressed
Adjective
  • Starfish and seashells shine against this set’s milky nude base.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The movie star was found nude and face down on her bed with a telephone in one hand.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of nude
Adjective
  • For the best views, give your eyes 20–30 minutes to adapt, and look up after midnight using only the naked eye.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While it was eventually scrubbed from TikTok, the 15-minute stream saw Hilton holding a knife while naked and bloody with visible cuts on his body.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of naked
Adjective
  • That image, Dreijer said in a recent Pitchfork interview, was influenced by a seminude self-portrait of the 79-year-old Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.
    — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.
    — Fox News, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
Definition of seminude
Adjective
  • Earlier in the day, Miller’s attorney took blame for an unclothed photo of Miller and Emily Moreno’s daughter published in a trove of documents Miller made public Sunday to support his claims of innocence.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Definition of unclothed
Adjective
  • The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
    — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Definition of unclad
Adjective
  • Content created with generative AI, or gen AI, tools can include fake nude images and videos; deepfakes; and content from nudification tools and apps, which allow a user to generate a fake image that depicts people as undressed.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Dever said the women did not believe their coach’s intent was to record them getting undressed, but rather to spy on their discussion.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026
Definition of undressed

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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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