naked

na-ked · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Without clothes; nude.

  2. 2.

    Without the usual covering or protection; exposed.

  3. 3.

    Unconcealed; undisguised (of emotions or facts).

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    naked eye — unaided vision, without optical instruments
  • •
    naked truth — the plain, unadorned facts
  • •
    stark naked — completely without clothes

Related words

Antonyms: clothed, covered, dressed
See also: bare, exposed, nude
Synonyms: bare, nude, unclothed, undressed

Etymology

From Old English nacod ("nude, bare"), from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz.