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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, audible, big as life, broad, comprehensible, definite, distinct, evident, legible, lucid, manifest, open, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, talking turkey, transparent, understandable, visible |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
| Antonyms: | complex, complicated, hidden, intricate, obscured, unclear, vague |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, everyday |
| Synonyms: | average, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, homely, lowly, modest, ordinary, quotidian, routine, simple, traditional, usual, vanilla, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, complex, difficult, extraordinary, uncommon |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unembellished, basic |
| Synonyms: | austere, bare, bare bones, clean, discreet, dry, modest, muted, pure, restrained, severe, simple, spartan, stark, stripped down, unvarnished, vanilla |
| Antonyms: | decorated, dressed-up, embellished, formal, ornate |
Example Sentences
- The mean result for infants on enriched formula was 105; babies fed plain formula scored 98.
- Thousands of years ago giant mammoths and mastodons roamed a plain now covered by the Atlantic.
- This is a ridiculous and just plain nasty accusation.
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ugly |
| Synonyms: | deformed, hard on the eyes, homely, not beautiful, ordinary, plain-featured |
| Antonyms: | attractive, beautiful, pretty |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level land |
| Synonyms: | champaign, expanse, field, flat, flatland, grassland, heath, level, meadow, moor, moorland, open country, plateau, prairie, steppe, tundra |
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| Concept: | Plain. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
plain, tableland, face of the country; open country, champaign country; basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt; moor, moorland; busch; plateau (level); campagna; alkali flat, llano; mesa, mesilla [U.S.], playa; shaking prairie, trembling prairie; vega., meadow, mead, haugh, pasurage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather; lea, ley, lay; grounds; maidan, agostadero.
-adjectives
champaign, alluvial; campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.
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| Main Entry: | apparent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious |
| Synonyms: | barefaced, big as life, clear, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, indubitable, make no bones, manifest, marked, noticeable, observable, open, open and shut, out in the open, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, plain, self-evident, transparent, unambiguous, under one's nose, understandable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible |
| Main Entry: | appreciable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily noticed; considerable |
| Synonyms: | apparent, ascertainable, clear-cut, definite, detectable, discernible, distinguishable, estimable, evident, good-sized, goodly, healthy, large, manifest, marked, material, measurable, noticeable, observable, obvious, perceivable, perceptible, plain, pronounced, recognizable, sensible, significant, sizable, substantial, tangible, visible |
| Antonyms: | imperceptible, inconsiderable, negligible, unappreciable, unnoticed |
| Main Entry: | artless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple |
| Synonyms: | direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front |
| Antonyms: | artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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