Plain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Free from obstructions; open; clear: in plain view.
  • adj. Obvious to the mind; evident: make one's intention plain. See Synonyms at apparent.
  • adj. Not elaborate or complicated; simple: plain food.
  • adj. Straightforward; frank or candid: plain talk.
  • adj. Not mixed with other substances; pure: plain water.
  • adj. Common in rank or station; average; ordinary: a plain man.
  • adj. Not pretentious; unaffected.
  • adj. Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration.
  • adj. Not dyed, twilled, or patterned: a plain fabric.
  • adj. Lacking beauty or distinction: a plain face.
  • adj. Sheer; utter; unqualified: plain stupidity.
  • adj. Archaic Having no visible elevation or depression; flat; level.
  • n. An extensive, level, usually treeless area of land.
  • n. A broad level expanse, as a part of the sea floor or a lunar mare.
  • n. Something free of ornamentation or extraneous matter.
  • ad. Informal Clearly; simply: plain stubborn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. Simply
  • v. To lament, bewail.
  • n. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
  • n. A plane.
  • v. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
  • v. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To lament; to bewail; to complain.
  • v. To lament; to mourn over.
  • adj. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See plane.
  • adj. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
  • adj. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
  • adj.
  • adj. Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
  • adj. Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
  • adj. Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
  • adj. Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple.
  • adj. Without beauty; not handsome; homely.
  • adj. Not variegated, dyed, or figured.
  • adj. Not much varied by modulations.
  • ad. In a plain manner; plainly.
  • n. Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities
  • n. A field of battle.
  • v. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
  • v. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Flat; level: smooth; even; free from elevations and depressions: as, a plain surface or country.
  • Open; unobstructed by intervening barriers or defenses.
  • Easy; free from intricacies or difficulties: as, plain exercises in shorthand.
  • Undisguised; frank; sincere; unreserved.
  • Clear; evident; manifest; easily perceived or understood: as, to make one's meaning plain; it was plain he was offended.
  • Unqualified: undisguised; unmistakable; sheer; downright; absolute.
  • Without a figured pattern; unornamented with decorative patterns or designs; also, when applied to fabrics, untwilled or uncolored: as. plain black cloth; plain muslin.
  • Void of ornament or bright color; without embellishment; simple; unadorned.
  • Without beauty; homely: as, she is plain, but clever.
  • Artless; simple; unlearned; without artifice or affectation; unsophisticated.
  • Not highly seasoned; not rich; not luxuriously dressed: as, a plain diet.
  • Incomplex; simple.
  • In card-playing, not trumps; lay: as, a plain card; a plain suit.
  • Whole-colored; not variegated: as, plain white eggs.
  • Smooth; unstriate, as muscular fiber.
  • Embroidery in the same color as the ground.
  • Clear, Evident, etc. (see manifest), distinct, patent, unmistakable, unequivocal, unambiguous, explicit, intelligible.
  • Unvarnished, unem-bellished.
  • n. An extent of level, or nearly level, land; a region not noticeably diversified with mountains, hills, or valleys.
  • n. A field; especially, a field of battle.
  • n. An open space surrounded by houses: as, St. Mary's Plain; the Theater Plain, in Norwich.
  • In a plain manner; plainly; clearly; openly; frankly; bluntly.
  • To make plain, level, or even; smooth; clear.
  • To make plain or clear; explain.
  • To lament; wail; mourn.
  • To whinny: said of a horse.
  • To lament; bewail; bemoan; mourn over.
  • In old music, said of certain graces or embellishments, like the beat, backfall, etc., when without extension by a shake: opposed to shaked. Also called smooth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not mixed with extraneous elements
  • n. extensive tract of level open land
  • adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple
  • adj. lacking embellishment or ornamentation
  • adj. free from any effort to soften to disguise
  • adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  • v. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  • ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
  • adj. lacking in physical beauty or proportion
  • adj. lacking patterns especially in color
  • n. a basic knitting stitch
  • Equivalent
    pure    dry    inelaborate    austere    simple    stern    unelaborate    stark    chaste    featureless   
    Antonym
    hill    mountain    fancy    ornate    decorative    exotic    bells and whistles    gorge    cliff    vale   
    Verb Form
    plained    plaines    plaining    plainness    plains   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    inveigh    bellyache    beef    protest    bemoan    nag    croak    grouse    grumble    gripe   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lament    bewail    complain    frank    unembellished    smooth    sincere    simple    artless    flat   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alane    Aquitaine    Ayn    Bahrain    Biscayne    Blaine    Cain    Chain    Champagne    Champaign   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    simple    white    clear    flat    familiar    hard    distinct    dramatic    ancient    exact