bare, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering.
bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable.
an apartment with bare walls
naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.
poor half-naked children
nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure.
a nude model posing for art students
bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness.
a bald mountain peak
barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility.
barren plains
Examples of nude in a Sentence
Adjective
The artists sketched the nude model.
Picasso's paintings of nude art models. Noun
the nudes of Greek sculpture
the artist painted some models in the nude
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Radium Kagaya has private rooms for those who prefer not to be nude in front of strangers to rent in 90-minute increments, as well as public baths.—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2026 In a separate scene, Pippa comes out to Wrigley and tells him about Stephen sending Diana’s nude photos to her father.—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
In order to rule in her favor, jurors will have to parse the harmful actions of fellow users — including her high school bullies and adult men sending her unsolicited nudes — from design decisions made by the companies themselves.—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nude