BARENESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bareness

noun

Definition of bareness

as in emptiness

the quality or state of being empty the stark bareness of the refrigerator suggested it was time to go shopping

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as in nudity

the state of having no clothes on one's body as she encountered more and more nude people at the resort, she became less conscious of her own bareness

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Recent Examples of bareness Di Felice makes very sexy clothes, but at times the bareness crosses the line between aspirationally hot and inconceivably bare. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026 Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025

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Noun

However, at the quantum level, emptiness is filled with unwanted noise.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
The problem isn’t the characterization, since the surgeon is extremely well drawn and Văncică’s performance picks up on both the overall inner emptiness and the yearning for something more.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of emptiness

Noun

The selfie is carefully cropped at the waist, narrowly skirting past Instagram’s community guidelines on nudity.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
That doesn’t necessarily mean doing nudity, which Variety said isn’t something found on her account.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of nudity

Noun

Her biggest challenges seemed to be getting the rest of the NBA to take her seriously after previously partying with her father’s girlfriends and posing nude for Playboy magazine.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Very deep shades can make lips look smaller, and ultrapale nudes may wash you out.

— Jenny Berg, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of nude

Noun

Chloe Webb’s performance as Nancy Spungen, the junkie girlfriend who Sid probably murdered (the role of Nancy was originally supposed to go to Courtney Love), is breathtaking in the nakedness of its emotion.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
But the figurine’s nakedness could have been more practical than erotic – to show bodily changes during pregnancy, for instance.

— Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of nakedness

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