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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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The previous record for a Michelangelo was a $24.3 million drawing of a nude man that Christie’s sold in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Supermodel Heidi Klum got tongues wagging on the red carpet while taking comically short steps in a nude latex dress.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 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

Not a nude, but a picture of her crouching in the garden, laughing as a butterfly flitted by.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby