Meanings
adjectivebareheaded (not comparable)
alternative bare-headed
- not comparableHaving no covering on the head.
The Jew wears a headcover in order not to walk bareheaded.
1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 1161 more example
Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 131
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan descobert, descobert
- descoberthaving no covering on the head
- descobertwith no covering on the head
- amb el cap descobertwith no covering on the head
Czech prostovlasý
- prostovlasýhaving no covering on the head
Dutch blootshoofds
- blootshoofdshaving no covering on the head
Finnish avopäinen, avopäin
- avopäinenhaving no covering on the head
- avopäinwith no covering on the head
- paljain päinwith no covering on the head
French nu-tête, nu-tête
- nu-têtehaving no covering on the head
- nu-têtewith no covering on the head
German barhäuptig, barhaupt
- barhäuptighaving no covering on the head
- barhaupthaving no covering on the head
- bloßköpfighaving no covering on the head
Irish ceann-nochta
- ceann-nochtahaving no covering on the head
Italian a capo scoperto
- a capo scopertohaving no covering on the head
Norwegian Bokmål barhodet
- barhodethaving no covering on the head
Russian с непокры́той голово́й, простоволо́сый
- с непокры́той голово́й (s nepokrýtoj golovój)having no covering on the head
- простоволо́сый (prostovolósyj)having no covering on the head
Scottish Gaelic ceannruisgte
- ceannruisgtehaving no covering on the head
Swedish barhuvad
- barhuvadhaving no covering on the head
Welsh pennoeth
- pennoethhaving no covering on the head
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Cite this entry
APA
bareheaded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bareheaded
MLA
“bareheaded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bareheaded. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bareheaded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bareheaded.
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