having little or no hair on the scalp

a bald head; a bald person.

destitute of some natural growth or covering

a bald mountain.

lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned

a bald prose style.

open; undisguised

a bald lie.

Zoology . having white on the head

the bald eagle.

Automotive . (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.

to become bald.

( often initial capital letter ) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top

often used as part of a proper name.

adjective

hairy , hirsute , adorned , decorated

adjective

baldheaded , bare , barren , depilated , exposed , glabrous , hairless , head * , naked , shaven , skin head , smooth , stark , uncovered , austere , blunt , direct , downright , forthright , outright , plain , severe , straight , straightforward , unembellished , nude , dry , simple , unadorned , unvarnished , alopecic , callow , crude , glabrate , glabrescent , glaring , literal , mere , palpable , patent , polled , receding , sheared , tonsured , uncorroborated , undisguised , unqualified , unsupported