top ‧ less /ˈtɒpləs $ ˈtɑːp-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ top , ↑ topless , ↑ topmost ; noun : ↑ top , ↑ topping ; verb : ↑ top ; adverb : ↑ tops ]
if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered:
topless sunbathing
topless bar/show (=one in which the women serving or performing are topless)
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THESAURUS
▪ naked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes - used especially when this seems rather shocking:
a naked man
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He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone.
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his naked chest
▪ have nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked :
Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on!
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The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!
▪ bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes:
The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.
▪ nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc:
a nude portrait of his wife
▪ undressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc:
Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed.
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Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.
▪ topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered:
a topless waitress
▪ in the nude not wearing any clothes:
Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.
▪ in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes:
He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.
▪ go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear:
In summertime, he likes to go commando.
▪ in the buff informal not wearing any clothes - a very informal use:
a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff