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plain > 13 senses
ADJECTIVE1plain, apparent, evident, manifest, patentClearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses
2plainNot elaborate or elaborated
3plain, unpatternedLacking patterns especially in color
4plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixedNot mixed with extraneous elements
5plain, unvarnishedFree from any effort to soften to disguise
6plain, unembellished, unornamentedLacking embellishment or ornamentation
7plain, literal, unembellishedLacking stylistic embellishment
8plain, popularComprehensible to the general public
9plain, homelyLacking in physical beauty or proportion
ADVERB1plain, obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainlyUnmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
NOUN1plain, field, champaignExtensive tract of level open land
2plain, knit, knit stitch, plain stitchA basic knitting stitch
VERB1plain, complain, kick, sound off, quetch, kvetchExpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
plain > pronunciation
Soundspley'n
Rhymesabstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn at the HyperDic website...
plain > adjective 1
MeaningClearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
Examples"made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
Synonymsapparent, evident, manifest, patent
Similar toobvious
Adverbsplainly
plain > adjective 2
MeaningNot elaborate or elaborated. Simple.
Examples"plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
Similaraustere, severe, stark; bare, mere, simple; chaste; dry; dry; featureless; homely; inelaborate, unelaborate; literal, pure and simple; simple; tailored, trim
See alsounadorned, undecorated; unpretentious; unrhetorical; simple
Contraryfancy
plain > adjective 3
MeaningLacking patterns especially in color.
Synonymsunpatterned
Similarsolid, self-colored, self-coloured
Contrarypatterned
plain > adjective 4
MeaningNot mixed with extraneous elements.
Examples"plain water"
Synonymssheer, unmingled, unmixed
Similar topure
plain > adjective 5
MeaningFree from any effort to soften to disguise.
Examples"the plain and unvarnished truth"
Synonymsunvarnished
Similar todirect
plain > adjective 6
MeaningLacking embellishment or ornamentation.
Examples"a plain hair style"
Synonymsunembellished, unornamented
Similar tounadorned, undecorated
plain > adjective 7
MeaningLacking stylistic embellishment.
Examples"wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"
Synonymsliteral, unembellished
Similar tounrhetorical
plain > adjective 8
MeaningComprehensible to the general public.
Examples"written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
Synonymspopular
Similar togeneral
plain > adjective 9
MeaningLacking in physical beauty or proportion.
Examples"a plain girl with a freckled face"
Synonymshomely
Similar tounattractive
plain > noun 1, object
MeaningExtensive tract of level open land.
Examples"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
Synonymsfield, champaign
NarrowerOlympia; Nullarbor Plain; flat; floodplain, flood plain; llano; moor, moorland; peneplain, peneplane; snowfield; steppe; tundra
Broaderland, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
plain > noun 2, artifact
MeaningA basic knitting stitch.
Synonymsknit, knit stitch, plain stitch
Broaderknitting stitch
plain > adverb
MeaningUnmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
Examples"You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
Synonymsobviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly
Usagecolloquialism
plain > verb, communication
MeaningExpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples"My mother complains all day"
Synonymscomplain, kick, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Narrowernag, peck, hen-peck; backbite, bitch; whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp; murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl; grouch, grumble, scold; protest; repine; gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler; rail, inveigh; deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan; report; bleat
Contrarycheer, cheer up, chirk up

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