naked

modif.

1. Nude

   unclothed, undressed, nude, stripped, unclad, disrobed, unrobed, divested, leafless, hairless, bare, undraped, exposed, ungarmented, having nothing on, in dishabille, unappareled, denuded, unveiled, uncovered, uncloaked, stark naked, bald, bareheaded, barren, dismantled, au naturel (French), mother-naked, buck naked*, in the altogether*, in one's birthday suit*, in the buff*, peeled*, without a stitch*, in the raw*, topless, bottomless, not decent*, in a state of nature*, starkers*.

   Antonyms clothed*, clad*, dressed.

2. Without covering

   exposed, bared, unconcealed, unprotected; see exposed 2, open 4.

3. Unadorned

   plain, stark, simple, artless; see abrupt 2, modest 2, natural 3.

naked implies the absence of clothing, either entirely or from some part, and connotes a revealing of the body a naked bosom; in extended use, naked often connotes lack of concealment or embellishment naked ambition ; nude, which is somewhat euphemistic for naked, is commonly applied to the undraped human figure in art; bare, in this comparison, implies the absence of the conventional or appropriate covering bare legs, bare floors; bald suggests a lack of natural covering, as of hair on the head, and in extended use may suggest plainness or bluntness the bald facts; barren implies a lack of natural covering, esp. vegetation, and connotes destitution and fruitlessness barren lands