Meanings
plural nudities
- countablerareusuallySomething or someone without clothes.
M. PILS' battle-piece, representing Prince NAPOLEON leading his division at Alma, and some of M. GEROME's startling nudities.
1865 May 3, “The Prince Napoleon's Ball.”, in The New York Times1 more example
[…]he had divested himself of the incumbrance of dress[…] and although a nudity, he appeared before numbers of people unabashed, and with an unblushing composure of countenance, which envinces that the sense of shame in him is entirely abolished.
1809, Wm. Weston, “Remarkable Instance of Propensity to the Savage State”, in The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1807, page 906Synonyms: nude
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.
nounSomething or someone without clothes.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From nude + -ity. Compare Late Latin nūditās.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek γυμνότης
- γυμνότης (gumnótēs)the state of being without clothing on the body
Arabic عُرْي
- عُرْي (ʕury)the state of being without clothing on the body
Bengali নগ্নতা
- নগ্নতা (nôgnôta)the state of being without clothing on the body
Bulgarian голота́
- голота́ (golotá)the state of being without clothing on the body
Catalan nuesa
- nuesathe state of being without clothing on the body
Chinese Mandarin 裸體 /裸体, 赤裸
- 裸體 /裸体 (luǒtǐ)the state of being without clothing on the body
- 赤裸 (chìluǒ)the state of being without clothing on the body
Czech nahota
- nahotathe state of being without clothing on the body
Danish nøgenhed
- nøgenhedthe state of being without clothing on the body
Dutch naaktheid
- naaktheidthe state of being without clothing on the body
Esperanto nudeco
- nudecothe state of being without clothing on the body
Estonian alastiolek
- alastiolekthe state of being without clothing on the body
Finnish alastomuus
- alastomuusthe state of being without clothing on the body
French nudité
- nuditéthe state of being without clothing on the body
German Nacktheit
- Nacktheitthe state of being without clothing on the body
Greek γυμνότητα
- γυμνότητα (gymnótita)the state of being without clothing on the body
Hebrew עירום
- עירום (eróm)the state of being without clothing on the body
Hindi नंगापन
- नंगापन (naṅgāpan)the state of being without clothing on the body
Hungarian meztelenség, mezítelenség
- meztelenségthe state of being without clothing on the body
- mezítelenségthe state of being without clothing on the body
- ruhátlanságthe state of being without clothing on the body
- csupaszságthe state of being without clothing on the body
- pucérságthe state of being without clothing on the body
- pőreségthe state of being without clothing on the body
Icelandic nekt
- nektthe state of being without clothing on the body
Irish nochtacht
- nochtachtthe state of being without clothing on the body
Italian nudità
- nuditàthe state of being without clothing on the body
Japanese 裸体
- 裸体 (ratai)the state of being without clothing on the body
Korean 벌거숭이, 나체
- 벌거숭이 (beolgeosung'i)the state of being without clothing on the body
- 나체 (nache)the state of being without clothing on the body
Latin nūditas
- nūditasthe state of being without clothing on the body
Lithuanian nuogumas
- nuogumasthe state of being without clothing on the body
Māori tūtahanga
- tūtahangathe state of being without clothing on the body
Norwegian Bokmål nakenhet
- nakenhetthe state of being without clothing on the body
Persian برهنگی
- برهنگی (berahnegi)the state of being without clothing on the body
Polish nagość
- nagośćthe state of being without clothing on the body
Portuguese nudez
- nudezthe state of being without clothing on the body
Romanian nuditate
- nuditatethe state of being without clothing on the body
Russian нагота́
- нагота́ (nagotá)the state of being without clothing on the body
Scottish Gaelic luime
- luimethe state of being without clothing on the body
Slovak nahota
- nahotathe state of being without clothing on the body
Spanish desnudez
- desnudezthe state of being without clothing on the body
Swedish nakenhet
- nakenhetthe state of being without clothing on the body
Tamil அம்மணம், நிர்வாணம்
- அம்மணம் (ammaṇam)the state of being without clothing on the body
- நிர்வாணம் (nirvāṇam)the state of being without clothing on the body
- மொட்டைக்கட்டை (moṭṭaikkaṭṭai)the state of being without clothing on the body
- முண்டைக்கட்டை (muṇṭaikkaṭṭai)the state of being without clothing on the body
- பிறந்தகோலம் (piṟantakōlam)the state of being without clothing on the body
Turkish çıplaklık
- çıplaklıkthe state of being without clothing on the body
Ukrainian нагота́
- нагота́ (nahotá)the state of being without clothing on the body
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Cite this entry
nudity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudity
“nudity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nudity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudity.
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