Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bald

1 sense of bald

Sense 1
bald -- (grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already")
       => turn, grow -- (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry")

Antonyms of adj bald

3 senses of bald

Sense 1
bald, barefaced -- (with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie")

INDIRECT (VIA overt) -> covert -- (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels")

Sense 2
bald, bald-headed, bald-pated -- (lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman")

INDIRECT (VIA hairless) -> hairy, haired, hirsute -- (having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar")

Sense 3
bald, denuded, denudate -- (without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills")

INDIRECT (VIA bare) -> covered -- (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony")

Similarity of adj bald

3 senses of bald

Sense 1
bald, barefaced -- (with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie")
       => overt (vs. covert), open -- (open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots")

Sense 2
bald, bald-headed, bald-pated -- (lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman")
       => hairless (vs. hairy) -- (having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail")

Sense 3
bald, denuded, denudate -- (without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills")
       => bare (vs. covered) -- (lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet")