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

toplessness

ˈtäp-ləs-nəs 

noun

Examples of topless in a Sentence

She likes to go topless on the beach.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Goop founder slipped off her shirt and cooked a meal while topless in a video posted on Instagram. —Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025

Would a collegiate or former professional baseball player be willing to rip off his shirt and stand topless in the batter’s box? —Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

The party was advertised as a topless pool party on social media. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025

In a clip from the visual posted one day prior to the track’s release, a topless Lorde spins around in a swivel chair and looks down at her bare chest. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 2