Meaning & use

nude

adjective·Academic

Wearing no clothes at all; completely bare, unclothed, or undressed in appearance.

See it in a sentence

The model posed nude for the life-drawing class at the art school.

She switched to a nude lipstick shade that closely matched her natural skin tone.

A note on using this word

Nude often describes art or a pale beige color, while naked more commonly describes everyday undressed states.

Words with a similar meaning

nakedbareundressed

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

clothed

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