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topless

adjective

Definition of toplessnext
as in nude

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Recent Examples of topless Despite the initial outrage, including a furious Murdoch’s when that first issue hit the streets featuring a topless girl (Abigail Amin), was immediately tempered when the numbers started soaring. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 Most are there for the sunshine and advertised topless beaches. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 Heidi Klum turned up the heat this week with several topless beach snaps. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 In bodycam footage released by police from the early hours of March 19, 2025, Natland emerges topless from his room and mimes a shooting gesture at a firearms officer before being slammed against a wall. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 29 July 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
  • Comedian Tim Dillon went on a fiery rant in defense of actress Sydney Sweeney, who came under fire for a nearly nude advertisement for the sports prediction market company Novig.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The form-fitting design featured two thin shoulder straps that held up a nude leather bust with a sweetheart neckline, embellished with silver grommets.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of nude
Adjective
  • The pocket-sized UV flashlight can detect what the naked eye can’t, including dry urine stains, bed bugs, scorpions, and more.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Publicity stills showed two hot young men in their mid-twenties facing each other’s sweaty, naked torsos, their foreheads touching and their eyes closed, their lips only inches apart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 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
  • The petition asked the Virginia State Board of Health to adopt regulations barring biological males from female-only athletic teams and competitions, as well as female spaces in which women and girls could be undressed.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of undressed

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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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