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Definitions

nude

[nood, nyood] / nud, nyud /

ADJECTIVE

without clothes, covering

Synonyms

STRONGEST

naked

STRONG

dishabille in the buff raw skin

WEAK

au naturel bald bare bare-skinned buck naked disrobed exposed garmentless in one's birthday suit in one's skin in the altogether peeled stark stark naked stripped unattired unclad unclothed uncovered undraped undressed wearing only a smile without a stitch

Antonyms

WEAK

clothed covered

Example Sentences

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In July 2006, Manhattan prosecutors charged Doyle with the theft of a bronze sculpture of a nude dancer by French impressionist Edgar Degas valued at $600,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Her lips, coated in a nude lipstick, are pursed just enough to achieve the perfect pout.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Who knows what prompted Camille Claudel, at 20, to take a blade to the clay model of her sculpture of a headless crouching nude, tilting to one side and balanced precariously on rough feet?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Julia Roberts has said she has made the choice not to do nude scenes throughout her 35-year film career.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

Gliding nearly nude beneath the trees, cultivating their temporary gardens, the Yanomamo are often said to be windows into the past, living much the same lives as their great-great-great- grandparents.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann