Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

topless

/tˈɑpləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: top-less
IPA: /tˈɑpləs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Very high; towering.

adj

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

adj

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

adv

Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.

noun

A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.

Example Sentences

"The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights."
"Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,"
"The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach."
"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"
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less.

Inflected Forms

toplesses (plural)

Derived Forms

toplessly toplessness

Phrases

topless dress topless meeting topless radio

Frequently Paired Words

bottomless monokini toplessness

Synonyms

bare-breasted barechested half-naked semi-nude shirtless topfree braless

Questions

How do you pronounce topless?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɑpləs/.
What does topless mean?: Lacking a top.
Where does topless come from?: Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less.

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