in the altogether

1. 1.

   (used informally) completely unclothed

   Synonymsbare-assedbare-assin the buffin the rawrawpeelednaked as a jaybirdstark naked

   Similarunclothed

   colloquialism

Questions about in the altogether

What does in the altogether mean?

in the altogether means "(used informally) completely unclothed".

What is another word for in the altogether?

Close synonyms include bare-assed, bare-ass, in the buff, in the raw, raw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in the altogether a common word?

in the altogether is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.