nude C2+ Topic:Clothing & Appearance US /nud/ UK /njuːd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj wearing no clothes; a depiction of the unclothed body The gallery's nude studies drew large crowds. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · wearing no clothes; a... nakedbareunclothedundresseduncladdisrobed ↔ Opposites clotheddressedcladcovered Word family Derived forms nuditynudismnudistnudelynudeness Related forms denudenudity Common collocations nude statue Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin nudus ('naked, bare'), from Proto-Indo-European *nogw- ('naked'). nudus Latin *nogʷ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Clothing & Appearance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nude **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /nud/ **IPA (UK):** /njuːd/ ## Meanings 1. wearing no clothes; a depiction of the unclothed body ## Examples - The gallery's nude studies drew large crowds. ## Synonyms - naked - bare - unclothed - undressed - unclad - disrobed ## Antonyms - clothed - dressed - clad - covered ## Derived Forms - nudity - nudism - nudist - nudely - nudeness ## Related Forms - denude - nudity ## Roots and Affixes - Root: nudus - Root: *nogʷ- ## Etymology From Latin nudus ('naked, bare'), from Proto-Indo-European *nogw- ('naked'). ## AI Etymology Nude is from Latin nudus ('naked, bare'), from Proto-Indo-European *nogw- ('naked'). Important recorded forms include nudus (Latin) and *nogʷ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers wearing no clothes; a depiction of the unclothed body. The wider family includes derived forms such as nudity, nudism, nudist, and nudely and related words such as denude and nudity. ## Topics - Clothing & Appearance markdown