STRIPPED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

stripped 1 of 2

adjective

as in bare

lacking a usual or natural covering bought matching end tables of stripped pine

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as in naked

lacking or shed of clothing highway construction workers, stripped to the waist, toiled away in the sweltering heat

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stripped

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verb

variants also stript

past tense of strip

as in undressed

to remove clothing from the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam

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as in deprived

to take something away from an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

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Pad Thai – less the salt and sugar – tastes very different when all the bad stuff is stripped out. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026 He was stripped of the captaincy, reported to training camp despite being injured, missed the start of the season because of injury and received a frosty reaction from home fans during introductions prior to their first game last week. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 There is Diana speaking about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his titles last year because of his association with Jeffrey Epstein. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 In the days leading up to the Arcadia police search of the home, Xuan and several of the nannies stripped clothes off some of the children and inspected their naked bodies for signs of abuse, according to the criminal complaint. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 While Malagò was stripped of the presidency, he was named as the federation’s emergency commissioner on an interim basis pending a new election. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 With the sentence stripped down to subject, moment and outcome, teams can go looking in places that have nothing to do with their product. — Duncan Wardle, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Borrowing from nature By reusing its body parts for dual roles, the design team stripped the robot down to just three actuators and three primary sensors. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripped

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Three women sit in front of me, each one occupying a salon chair in a tiny room with a single shampoo bowl, and one window that faces a bare, enclosed courtyard with yellowing grass.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut the square into 9 vertical strips, so that each strip has a portion of the bare border.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of bare

Adjective

In the days leading up to the Arcadia police search of the home, Xuan and several of the nannies stripped clothes off some of the children and inspected their naked bodies for signs of abuse, according to the criminal complaint.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Shimmering embellishments were featured throughout the sheer fabric, which elevated the dress from a barely-there naked dress moment to a style far more elevated.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of naked

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Jordende Pierre, 29, was arrested Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts, after the woman was found earlier this month in the attic of an apartment building, undressed on a mat and lying near a bucket of urine, according to CNN affiliates WCVB and WFXT.

— Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Dever said the women did not believe their coach’s intent was to record them getting undressed, but rather to spy on their discussion.

— Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026

Definition of undressed

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Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the high court's 7-2 decision in 2019 that the removal of Black prospective jurors deprived Flowers of a fair trial.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
This deprived the treasurers of huge assets that otherwise could have been invested to generate billions of dollars for the pensions — a gap present-day taxpayers must fill.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of deprived

Adjective

The end result would be a gassy surface shining as brightly as a more exposed black hole but with the Balmer break and smooth red hump of a 5,000-kelvin star, de Graaff and Naidu theorized.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Morgan Stanley said Equinix and Digital Realty are less exposed because their facilities average roughly 5 to 10 megawatts, far below the gigawatt-scale AI campuses planned by hyperscalers and neocloud operators.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

Adjective

Makeup was kept light and fresh, topped off with a nude lip, while her hair was parted down the middle, styled in face-framing waves.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
The circumstances of his departure — the years of Chinese contacts, the nude pictures at the Fed — were not made public.

— Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of nude

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Purchase pre-peeled garlic cloves in bulk or peel the garlic cloves yourself using the flat side of a large knife to mash them slightly and then peel off the skins.

— Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
Use pre-peeled carrots or bagged baby carrots to save prep time.

— Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of peeled

Adjective

In 2023, a federal audit flagged serious pesticide incidents in half a dozen counties and uncovered patchwork oversight by agricultural commissioners.

— Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Moore added a pair of long passing touchdowns, one to an uncovered Dakorien Moore on a busted coverage, and another down the sideline to Stewart to complete a 28-point first quarter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026