au naturel
Wearing nothing whatsoever
Au naturel means in a natural state—unadorned, unprocessed, or nude.
Food served au naturel is plain and unembellished: The oysters were served au naturel.
Applied to people, it usually means naked: She sunbathed au naturel.
The phrase comes from French and retains its French pronunciation and spelling in English.
Wearing no garments
- bareLacking any covering
- unclothedLacking any garments
- undressedLacking garments or treatment
- exposedOut in open
stripped · uncovered · disrobed · unclad · undraped · skin · birthday suit · starkers
Lacking any covering
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- starkSevere and unadorned
spartan · stripped-down · no-frills · simple · clean · basic · streamlined · understated
Not changed or influenced
- genuineTruly what it claims
- authenticVerified as original
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
- simpleFree of complexity
plain · understated · down-to-earth · unpretentious · unsophisticated · honest · sincere · straightforward
Not given care
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- rawIn original state
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- unadulteratedCompletely unmixed, genuine
unaltered · organic · wholesome · unprocessed · chemical-free · additive-free · preservative-free · pesticide-free
naked
Wearing no garments
exposed · stripped · uncovered · disrobed · unclad · undraped · skin · birthday suit · starkers · buff
bare
Lacking any covering
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
stark · spartan · stripped-down · no-frills · simple · clean · basic · streamlined · understated · barefaced
unaffected
Not changed or influenced
simple · plain · understated · down-to-earth · unpretentious · unsophisticated · honest · sincere · straightforward · unassuming
untreated
Not given care
unadulterated · unaltered · organic · wholesome · unprocessed · chemical-free · additive-free · preservative-free · pesticide-free · non-GMO
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
- beauty trendsno makeup, K-beauty, glass skin, anti-aging, cruelty-free
- nakednessnaked, nude, nudity, nakedness, bare
- nudismnaturism, nudism, nudist, nudist colony, nudist colonies
au naturelmade up
Concocted or reconciled
artificial · enhanced · dolled up · glammed up · styled
natural, nature, naturally, unnatural, naturalness, unnaturally, naturalist, naturalize, unnaturalness