naked

adjective

1)

naked sunbathers

Syn:

nude, bare, in the nude, stark naked, having nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed; informal without a stitch on, in one's birthday suit, in the buff, in the raw, in the altogether, buck-naked, butt-naked, mother-naked

Ant:

clothed, dressed

2)

a naked flame

Syn:

unprotected, uncovered, exposed, unguarded

Ant:

covered

3)

the naked branches of the trees

Syn:

bare, barren, denuded, stripped, uncovered

4)

I felt naked and exposed

Syn:

vulnerable, helpless, weak, powerless, defenseless, exposed, open to attack

5)

the naked truth

naked hostility

Syn:

undisguised, plain, unadorned, unvarnished, unqualified, stark, bald; overt, obvious, open, patent, evident, apparent, manifest, unmistakable, blatant

••

naked, bald, bare, barren, nude

Someone who isn't wearing any clothes is naked; this adjective is usually associated with revealing a part or all of the body (her naked shoulder; a naked man ran from the burning building). A naked person who appears in a painting or photograph is called a nude, a euphemistic but more socially acceptable term referring to the unclothed human body. Bare can describe the branches of a tree as well as human limbs; it implies the absence of the conventional or appropriate covering (a bare wooden floor; bare legs; four bare walls). Bald also suggests a lack of covering, but it refers particularly to a lack of natural covering, especially hair (a bald head). Barren implies a lack of vegetation, and it also connotes destitution and fruitlessness (a barren wasteland devoid of life). A bald artist might paint a nude woman whose bare arms are extended against a barren winter landscape.