topless

adjective

Definition of toplessnext
as in nude

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Recent Examples of topless Jennifer Grey went topless in a throwback photo celebrating her close friend Tracy Pollan's 66th birthday. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 In particular, Wenders spoke about a scene from his 1975 film Wrong Move, which includes a topless shot of actress Nastassja Kinski, who was just 13 at the time. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026 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 The topless singer joined fellow stars like Billy Idol and Faye Dunaway at the charity event, which raised $750,000 — and some eyebrows — for amfAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research). — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 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
  • The singer also shared several photos of herself, including one of her seemingly posing nude while holding a white T-shirt with the Music, Fashion, Film track list in black print.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
  • An Indiana substitute teacher accused of sending nude images of herself to a 14-year-old middle school student was sentenced to two years in jail.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of nude
Adjective
  • The North America Nebula is too faint to see with the naked eye.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Eadweard Muybridge, among the first to put pictures in motion, knew by instinct that many of those pictures should contain naked people.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 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
  • 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
  • Investigators said some female victims were found naked or partially unclothed, with evidence of severe mutilation and objects including grenades, nails and household tools inserted into their bodies.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 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
  • 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
  • Zarian countered, in part, by saying that even in common areas of restrooms, people may be partially undressed, and many restrooms have gaps between stalls.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 5 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 Jul. 2026.

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