plain
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- made his meaning plain
- it is plain that he is no reactionary
- in plain view
Similar word(s): obvious, apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable
2. not elaborate or elaborated; simple
- plain food
- stuck to the plain facts
- a plain blue suit
Similar word(s): unadorned, undecorated, austere, severe, stark, stern, bare, mere, simple, chaste, dry, featureless, homely, inelaborate, unelaborate, literal, tailored, trim, vanilla, unpretentious, unrhetorical, simple
3. lacking patterns especially in color
Similar word(s): unpatterned
4. not mixed with extraneous elements
- plain water
Similar word(s): pure, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
5. free from any effort to soften to disguise
- the plain and unvarnished truth
Similar word(s): direct, unvarnished
6. lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- a plain hair style
Similar word(s): unadorned, undecorated, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented
7. lacking in physical beauty or proportion
- a plain girl with a freckled face
Similar word(s): unattractive, homely
Sentences with plain as an adjective:
- He was dressed simply in plain black clothes.
- a plain tune
- a plain pink polycotton skirt
- They're just plain people like you or me.
- Would you like a poppy bagel or a plain bagel?
- His answer was just plain nonsense.
- Let me be plain with you: I don't like her.
- Throughout high school she worried that she had a rather plain face.
adverb
1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
Similar word(s): apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly
Sentences with plain as an adverb:
- It was just plain stupid.
- I plain forgot.
noun
1. extensive tract of level open land
- they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
Similar word(s): champaign, field
Definition categories: object, earth, ground, land
2. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
Similar word(s): knit
Definition categories: man–made
verb
1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- My mother complains all day
Similar word(s): complain, kick, kvetch, quetch
Definition categories: communication