plain

Main Entry:
plain [pleyn]
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
Notes: plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear'
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
Notes: plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear'
Antonyms: decorated, dressed-up, embellished, formal, ornate
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: 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
Notes: plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear'
Concept Thesaurus
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
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