nakedness

1. 1.

   the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

   Synonymsnuditynudeness

   Broadercondition

   Narrowernuderawundressbareness
2. 2.

   a bleak and desolate atmosphere

   “the nakedness of the landscape”

   Synonymsbleaknessdesolationbareness

   Broadergloom
3. 3.

   characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

   Synonymsopenness

   Broadersociability

Other forms of nakedness

plural

nakednesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nakedness

What does nakedness mean?

nakedness means "the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nakedness?

nakedness has 3 syllables: na-ked-ness. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for nakedness?

Close synonyms include nudity, nudeness, bleakness, desolation, bareness. 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 nakedness a common word?

nakedness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.