Plain

/plɛjn/

Synonyms for "plain" (927 found)

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Closest matches (186)

abrupt absolute absolutely affableagricultural regionair spaceall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracing all-encompassing all-out all-pervading apparent appreciablearable landarrant articulate artless ascetic

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attic audible austere axiom axiomaticback countrybald bare barefaced baseborn basic basin beautilessbelow the saltbilliard tableblack beltblank blemished blotted bluff blunt bohemian bornborn yesterdaybottomlandbowling greenbroad broad-based brusque cacophonic cacophonous campestral campestrian campo candid case casual champaign chaste cheerful cheery childlike ciceronian circumstancecitrus beltclassic classical cleanclean cutclean-cut clearclear as crystalclear as dayclear spaceclear-cut clearance clearing cockney coherent colorless comfortable common commonplace comprehensive confiding congenital connected consistent conspicuous consummate contrastive cordialcorn beltcotton beltcountryside cozy crispcrystal clearcrystal-clear crystalline cushy datumdead flatdead leveldeep dyeddeep-dyed defaced defined definite degage

Adjective(47 words)

accessibleanti aestheticsapparentapparent featureapproachablearchitectural plainnessaustere appearanceauthentic earthinessbarebare cakebare groundbare modifierbare surfacebarerbasic biology conceptbasic designbasic lab equipmentbasic materialsbasic needsbasic plywood

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basic principlebasic scientific conceptbasic skillbasic stylebasic teaching conceptblandblank fileclear assertionclear classroom rulesclear criteriaclear designclear errorclear goalsclear graphclear highlightsclear instructionsclear physical evidenceclear proofclear speechclear statementclear waycloudlesscolloquial idiomcommon languagecommon prepositionsconcrete processconversational language style

Determiner(1 words)

any old thing

Noun(19 words)

apparentapparently clearausterebare phrasebasicbasic cognitive skillblankblank fill promptchampaign clearclear answerclear communication styleclear englishclear evidenceclear expressionclear online community guidelinesclear the billcommon anatomical featureconservative usage

Adverb(1 words)

apparently

Adjective(6 words)

bare-bones blatant boring consarn damned darned

Verb(2 words)

clear the tablescomplain

Strong matches (278)

delta demonstrative desert direct discernible discreet disfigureddistant prospectdistinct distinctive down downright drab dry dulldust bowldyed-in-the-wooldysphemistic dysphemized earth

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earthborn easyeasy as pieeasygoing effortless egregious elegant elementaryempty viewesplanade essential even everyday evident exhaustive explicit express facile fact familiarfarm beltfarm countryfarmland featureless fell finished fizz flat flatland flats flattened floor flush folksy forthright frank frankhearted freefree and easyfree spokenfree-speaking free-spoken free-tongued friendlyfruit beltfundamental gardengarden varietygarden-variety genuine glade glaring glib graceful gracile gracious graphicgrass rootsgrasslandgrazing regiongross ground guileless hard haymish hearableheart-to-heartheathhi fihi-fi high-fidelity highlands homaloid homaloidal homelike homely homespun homey homish homogeneous honest horizontalhorizontal axishorizontal faulthorizontal linehorizontal parallaxhorizontal planehorizontal projectionhousehold humble humble-looking humble-visaged humblest humdrum ignoble ill-favoredin focusindisputable indivisible indubitable inelegant informal ingenu ingenuous inglorious innocent innocuous insipid intelligible intensive intimate irreducible irregular irretrievably irrevocably lean least lebensraum ledge legible levellevel linelevel planelight limpidliving spacellano looseloud and clearlow lowborn lowbred lowest lowlands lowliest lowly lucid luminous main manifest mare marredmatter of factmatter-of-factmeadmeadows and pasturesmeagre meanmean sea levelmere mesamickey mousemodest monolithic moor moorland moors mousy mundane muted naive

Noun(36 words)

demoticdirect trafficeasy to understandeveryday calculationseveryday wearevidentexplicit copulaexplicit nounfieldflat ground areaflatlandfrench regulergeneral language studygymnelis knitknit stitchleast patternedless patternedllanoslocal vernacular language

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lowlandmatter-of-fact stylemennonite minimalistminimalist formmodest modestomore actualmore evidentmore ordinarymore unembellishedmore unornamentedmore unremarkablemost nonpatternedmost unadornedmost unembellished

Adjective(52 words)

digestibledim décordirect resultdirect ruledirect tonedirectestdoric ornamentdowdiest dowdy dumpyearthbound legendsearthlier flavorearthy humorearthy languageeasy-to-understandelementary cost-benefit analysiselementary layereveryday activitieseveryday itemeveryday language

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everyday natural languageeveryday termevidentevident conclusionevident differenceevident resultsexplicit instructionfeatureless planefeatureless slideshowflat areaflat figureflat groundnessflat landflat plain terrainflat terrainflowerless frugalgeneral descriptorgeneric approachhewn homelier homeliest homelyinformal noteintroductory lessonlinguistic simplicityliteralliteral descriptorliteral phraseliteral writing stylemanifest monotonous

Adverb(2 words)

evidently manifestly

Adjective(2 words)

explicit honest

Verb(4 words)

express clearlykick kvetchmaintain narrative coherence

Determiner(1 words)

most ground level

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naked natural neatnitty grittynonclerical nondescriptnothing to itnoticeable observable obviousof a pieceoffhand offhanded omnibus omnipresent openopen countryopen spaceopen-and-shutopenhanded

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openhearted ordinaryout-and-outoutback outright outspoken overt painless palpable pampas parterre pasture patent peaceful pedestrian pellucid perceivable perceptible perfect perfectly perspicuous pervasive pictorialplain as dayplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken plains plane plateau platform playa plebeian plumb plump poetryless polished poor postulate prairie prairies primal primary prominent pronounced prosaic prose prosing prosy province provinces public purepure and simplequiet quite radical readable refined regular relaxed restrained right rolled round routine ruderural districtrusticrustic regionsalt flatsalt marshsavannasea levelsea of grassseeable self-esteem self-evident self-explaining self-explanatory severe shabby-genteel sheer shortshort on lookssimon puresimon-pure simplesimple as abcsimple-speaking simplehearted simpleminded sincere singlesingle mindedsingle-hearted single-minded small smoothsmoothed outsmoothened snug sober sociable soft spare spartan spoiled squashedsquashed flatstaring stark steppe steppes straightstraight outstraight-out straightforward sweeping table tableland tabloid tabular tangible tasteful teachable terrace terrain territory tersethe countrythe soilthe sticksthird-estate thorough thoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtiresometo be seentobacco belttotal translucent transparent transpicuous trim troddentrodden flattrustful trusting tundra ubiquitous uglified uglyugly as hellugly as sinunadorned unadulterated unaesthetic unaffected unalluring unambiguous unassuming unattractive unbeauteous unbeautiful unburdensome unceremonious unchecked uncluttered uncomely uncomplicated unconcealed unconditional unconfused unconstrained unconventional undecorated understandable undifferenced undifferentiated undiluted undisguised undissembled undissembling undistinguished unelaborate unembellished unenhanced unequivocal unfeigned ungarnished ungenteel unguarded unhandsome unidealistic uniform unimaginative unimpassioned unimportant universal univocal unlabored unlovely unluxurious unmistakable unmitigated unmixed unofficial unornamented unostentatious unpleasing unpoetic unpoetical unpretending unpretentious unpretty unqualified unrelievedly unremarkable unreserved unrestrained unrestricted unromantic unsightly unsophisticated unstudied unsuspicious unvarnished unwary upland uplands utter vapid veld veldt veritable vernacular visible vivid vulgarwater levelweald well-defined well-marked well-pronounced well-resolvedwheat beltwholesalewide open spaceswide-open spaceswilderness wold woodlandwoods and fieldsworkaday workday yokeldom

Noun(53 words)

naked skinnaturalnon patternnonacademic descriptornondescript designnonmusician nonphysicistnonrigorous discoursenontechnical descriptornontechnical discoursenontechnical evaluationnorlutin nudeobservably clearobviouspatent actionplain edgeplain stitchplaintext orientedprairie

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prakrit public quakersreadily apparentsans serif typefacesimplesimple designsimple explanationsimple food websimple life formsimple natural looksimply wordedsobersidesspanish ordinariostraight routestraightforwardtextbook registerunadorned uncomplicatedundistinguished figureunembellishing unflavoredunmarked optionunrelated to artunseasoned unsweeteneduser friendly interfaceutilitarian vanillavanilla notevelds vernacularwater down version

Adjective(114 words)

neutral looknon descriptive wordnonacademic categorynonacademic subjectnonacademic textnonceremonialnonfigurative stylenonflowering nonimprintednonmathematical coursenonstylistic nontechnicalnontechnical aidsnontechnical languagenontechnical modifiernontechnical termsnontechnical wordnorwegian grunnobservable eventobservable property

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obvious factordinary citizenordinary dayordinary dutiesordinary horseordinary personovert palpable patentplain vanillaplainer plainishplainspoken explanationprosaic writingreadable riblesssans serif fontsheershort compositionsimple activitysimple cakesimple calculationssimple definitionssimple languagesimple livingsimple modifiersimple prosesimple sentencessimple subjectsimple termssimple textssimple vocabularysimpler single-plysolid color shirtsparespartan architecturestandalone calculatorstylelesstransparent election processugly ogreunadorned furnitureunambiguous descriptionunartistic unbanded unbranded unchemical unclad uncodeduncompressed datauncovered skin areaunembellishedunembellished accountunembellished descriptionunembellished factsunembellished languageunembellished proseunembellished reportunencoded dataunencoded labelunexciting unformattedunformatted contentunfretted unfrosted unglazeduniced cookieunlined unmarkedunmarked formunmarked substanceunmarked surfaceunmingled unmistakable unmixed unornamentedunornamented designunornamented simplicityunornate motifunpainted unpatternedunpatterned conductunpatterned designunpatterned designsunpatterned fabricunpatterned lookunpatterned sheetunpatterned surfaceunpatterned wallsunsculpted formunspotted unstylish unvarnishedvast plain

Adjective(9 words)

normal obvious ostensible simple sincere standard stinking unadorned unseasoned

Adverb(3 words)

obviously patently plainly

Verb(4 words)

quetchsound offunlaced untwisted

Preposition(1 words)

sans

Determiner(1 words)

the trivial point

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communication styledescriptordry landearthevident qualityexpressflavor profilegeographic featuregive tongue togroundknitting stitchland landformlanguage styleperceptual propertyquality

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apparent truthconcrete termsllanominimalist stylingobvious factplain Englishprairiesimple vocabularysteppeunadorned furnitureunseasoned riceunsweetened yogurt

Collocations

11 entries

central plainfertile plainflat plainopen plainplain clothesplain designplain languageplain truthplain yogurtthe plainvast plain

Inflections

3 entries

plainer plainest plains

Derivations

5 entries

plainer plainest plainly plainness plainspoken

Antonyms

2 entries

fancy patterned

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austere bare chaste direct dry featureless homely inelaborate literal mere obvious pure severe simple solid-colored solid-coloured

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Your opinion is off the mark. That's plain to anyone.

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It's quite plain that you haven't been paying attention.

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It is plain that you have done this before.

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It is plain that you are to blame.

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