topless

1. 1.

   having no top

   “a topless jar”

   Antonymstopped

   Similarlidless
2. 2.

   having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity

   “topless waitresses”

   “a topless cabaret”

   Synonymsbare-breastedbraless

   Similarunclothed

Other forms of topless

comparative

toplesser·

superlative

toplessest·

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 topless

What does topless mean?

topless means "having no top". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in topless?

topless has 2 syllables: to-pless. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑpləs/.

What is another word for topless?

Close synonyms include bare-breasted, braless. 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.

What is the opposite of topless?

The recorded antonyms are topped.

Is topless a common word?

topless is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.