topless
adjective
top·less ˈtäp-ləs 
1
a
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
b
: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers
topless bars
c
: being a place where topless women are permitted
a topless beach
2
: being without a top
3
archaic : so high as to reach up beyond sight
and burnt the topless towers of Ilium
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe toplessness
ˈtäp-ləs-nəs
noun 
Example Sentences
She likes to go topless on the beach.
Recent Examples on the Web Ever the rock star, De Angelis kept playing, even going out into the crowd in her newly topless look. Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022 The singer, 35, stepped out in a topless sheer see-through black dress alongside her mother and a friend for dinner in Santa Monica, California, last Saturday night. Phillip Nieto, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2022 Stone posted a topless bikini photo earlier this summer, with her head thrown back in laughter. Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022 Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin expressed regret after a photo of two topless women kissing at her summer home was leaked on social media. Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 Instagram suspended Rihanna's account after the singer posted a topless photo of herself on the cover of Lui magazine. Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 Two other student actresses also recalled negative on-set experiences, saying Franco became angry when no women, while at a shoot, would agree to be topless. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The public fallout from the video, and a subsequent picture that emerged of topless influencers partying at her official residence, has led Marin to take a drug test and apologize. Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2022 Her external shift from butter-blonde good girl next door to a two-toned provocateur with a topless album cover was intended to be a true reflection of her internal and musical transformation. Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2022 See More
Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022 The singer, 35, stepped out in a topless sheer see-through black dress alongside her mother and a friend for dinner in Santa Monica, California, last Saturday night. Phillip Nieto, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2022 Stone posted a topless bikini photo earlier this summer, with her head thrown back in laughter. Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022 Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin expressed regret after a photo of two topless women kissing at her summer home was leaked on social media. Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 Instagram suspended Rihanna's account after the singer posted a topless photo of herself on the cover of Lui magazine. Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 Two other student actresses also recalled negative on-set experiences, saying Franco became angry when no women, while at a shoot, would agree to be topless. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The public fallout from the video, and a subsequent picture that emerged of topless influencers partying at her official residence, has led Marin to take a drug test and apologize. Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2022 Her external shift from butter-blonde good girl next door to a two-toned provocateur with a topless album cover was intended to be a true reflection of her internal and musical transformation. Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1589, in the meaning defined at sense 3
toplessness
noun
as in nudity
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- nudity
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