in the altogether

prepositional phrase

Naked.

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. euphemisticidiomaticNaked.

    Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.

    2004 November 25, David Carr, “When a TV Talking Head Becomes a Talking Body”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Sep 2008
    1 more example

    Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.

    1930 August 4, “Prix de Rome”, in Time

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(used informally) completely unclothed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

in the altogether. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20altogether

MLA

“in the altogether.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20altogether. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the altogether,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20altogether.

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