hairless

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈhɛrləs/ UK /ˈheələs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having no hair

The newborn mice were pink and hairless.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having no hair baldglabroussmoothdepilatedshaven

Opposites

hairy hirsute shaggy furry

Word family

Forms hairlessness

Derived forms hairlessness

Related forms hair hairy

Etymology

From hair (Old English hǣr) + -less ('without', Old English -lēas).

hǣr Old English -lēas Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hairless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɛrləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈheələs/

## Meanings
1. having no hair

## Examples
- The newborn mice were pink and hairless.

## Synonyms
- bald
- glabrous
- smooth
- depilated
- shaven

## Antonyms
- hairy
- hirsute
- shaggy
- furry

## Derived Forms
- hairlessness

## Related Forms
- hair
- hairy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hǣr
- Root: -lēas

## Etymology
From hair (Old English hǣr) + -less ('without', Old English -lēas).

## AI Etymology
hairless comes from hair (Old English hǣr) + -less ('without', Old English -lēas). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adjective sense is "having no hair", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hair and hairy, and in derivatives such as hairlessness. Its semantic neighborhood includes bald, glabrous, smooth, and depilated, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English hǣr and Old English -lēas.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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