Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
| Synonyms: | domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain |
| Antonyms: | business, commercial, industrial |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ugly |
| Synonyms: | deformed, hard on the eyes, homely, not beautiful, ordinary, plain-featured |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
| Antonyms: | attractive, beautiful, pretty |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, unobtrusive |
| Synonyms: | conservative, homely, inobtrusive, modest, plain, restrained, sober, subdued, tasteful, unassuming, unpretentious |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | complex, complicated, intricate, obtrusive |
| Main Entry: | rustic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | country, rural |
| Synonyms: | Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, artless, austere, bucolic, countrified, homely, homespun, homey, honest, natural, outland, pastoral, picturesque, plain, primitive, provincial, simple, sylvan, unaffected, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated, verdant |
| Antonyms: | city, metropolitan, suburban, urban |
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncluttered, natural |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, absolute, austere, classic, clean, discreet, elementary, folksy, homely, homey, humble, inelaborate, lowly, mere, modest, not complex, open and shut, plain, pure, pure and simple, rustic, sheer, single, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, undecorated, unelaborate, unembellished, unfussy, unmitigated, unmixed, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unqualified, vanilla |
| Notes: | simple means 'plain, uncomplicated'; simplistic means 'characterized by a forced, unwarranted simplicity' |
| Antonyms: | cluttered, decorated, embellished, jumbled, ornate |
| Main Entry: | snug |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cozy, warm |
| Synonyms: | close, comfortable, comfy, compact, convenient, cushy, easeful, easy, homelike, homely, intimate, neat, restful, sheltered, snug as a bug in a rug, soft, substantial, tight, trim, well-off |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, uncomfortable, uncozy |
| Main Entry: | ugly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unattractive |
| Synonyms: | animal, appalling, awful, bad-looking, beastly, deformed, disfigured, foul, frightful, grisly, gross, grotesque, hard-featured, hideous, homely, horrid, ill-favored, loathsome, misshapen, monstrous, not much to look at, plain, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unbeautiful, uncomely, uninviting, unlovely, unprepossessing, unseemly, unsightly |
| Antonyms: | attractive, beautiful, lovely, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | unattractive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ugly |
| Synonyms: | bad-looking, beastly, deformed, disfigured, disgusting, frightful, gross, grotesque, hideous, homely, horrid, monstrous, not much to look at, plain, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unalluring, unappealing, unsightly |
| Main Entry: | unsightly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not pretty |
| Synonyms: | deformed, disagreeable, drab, dull, hideous, homely, horrid, lackluster, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unprepossessing, unshapely |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, nice, pleasing, pretty, sightly |
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