bald

/bɔld/

/bɔld/

Other forms: balding; baldest; balds; balded

Use the adjective bald to describe someone who has no hair on his head. If your uncle has a smooth, hairless scalp, he's bald.

Some men are bald because they shave their heads, while others have become bald gradually over the years. It's often said that if a man's grandfather was bald, he will also be bald. Certain conditions, illnesses, and even medicines can also make women bald. Another way to use the word is to mean "plain, blunt, or obvious." You might describe, for example, a school's bald request for donations of money and supplies.

Definitions of bald

1. adjective

   lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
   “a bald pate”

   “a bald-headed gentleman”

   synonyms: bald-headed, bald-pated

   hairless

   having no hair or fur
2. adjective

   without the natural or usual covering
   “a bald spot on the lawn”

   synonyms: denudate, denuded

   bare

   lacking its natural or customary covering
3. adjective

   with no effort to conceal
   synonyms: barefaced

   open, overt

   open and observable; not secret or hidden
4. verb

   grow bald; lose hair on one's head
   “He is balding already”

   type of:

   grow, turn

   pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become