topless — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Lacking a top.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.

2. Very high; towering.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Poetic

   Examples

   Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,

3. Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a female

   Synonyms

   bare-breastedbarechestedhalf-nakedsemi-nudeshirtlesstopfree

   Examples

   The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.

4. Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a place

   Examples

   Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.

   Driving down your freeways / Midnight alleys roam / Cops in cars, the topless bars / Never saw a woman so alone

   More examples (1)

   She was workin' in a topless place / And I stopped in for beer / I just kept lookin' at the side of her face / In the spotlight so clear.

Adverb

1. Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'

   Fort Collins, Colorado has decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.

Noun

1. A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.

   Related words

   bottomlessmonokinitoplessness

Adjective

1. having no top

   Antonyms

   topped

   Examples

   a topless jar

2. having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity

   Synonyms

   bare-breastedbraless

   Examples

   topless waitresses

   a topless cabaret