PLAIN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a basic knitting stitch
   Synonym(s)
   • knit (what does knit mean?)
   • knit stitch (what does knit stitch mean?)
   • plain stitch (what does plain stitch mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) plain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • knitting stitch (what does knitting stitch mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • knit (what does knit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • extensive tract of level open land
   Synonym(s)
   • champaign (what does champaign mean?)
   • field (what does field mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
   • he longed for the fields of his youth
   Hypernyms(s) plain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • land (what does land mean?)
   • dry land (what does dry land mean?)
   • earth (what does earth mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • solid ground (what does solid ground mean?)
   • terra firma (what does terra firma mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Olympia (what does Olympia mean?)
   • Nullarbor Plain (what does Nullarbor Plain mean?)
   • flat (what does flat mean?)
   • floodplain (what does floodplain mean?)
   • flood plain (what does flood plain mean?)
   • llano (what does llano mean?)
   • moor (what does moor mean?)
   • moorland (what does moorland mean?)
   • peneplain (what does peneplain mean?)
   • peneplane (what does peneplane mean?)
   • snowfield (what does snowfield mean?)
   • steppe (what does steppe mean?)
   • tundra (what does tundra mean?)

PLAIN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
   Synonym(s)
   • complain (what does complain mean?)
   • kick (what does kick mean?)
   • kvetch (what does kvetch mean?)
   • quetch (what does quetch mean?)
   • sound off (what does sound off mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • My mother complains all day
   • She has a lot to kick about
   Antonym(s)
   • cheer (what does cheer mean?)
   • cheer up (what does cheer up mean?)
   • chirk up (what does chirk up mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nag (what does nag mean?)
   • peck (what does peck mean?)
   • hen-peck (what does hen-peck mean?)
   • backbite (what does backbite mean?)
   • bitch (what does bitch mean?)
   • whine (what does whine mean?)
   • grizzle (what does grizzle mean?)
   • yammer (what does yammer mean?)
   • yawp (what does yawp mean?)
   • murmur (what does murmur mean?)
   • mutter (what does mutter mean?)
   • grumble (what does grumble mean?)
   • croak (what does croak mean?)
   • gnarl (what does gnarl mean?)
   • grouch (what does grouch mean?)
   • grumble (what does grumble mean?)
   • scold (what does scold mean?)
   • protest (what does protest mean?)
   • repine (what does repine mean?)
   • gripe (what does gripe mean?)
   • grouse (what does grouse mean?)
   • crab (what does crab mean?)
   • beef (what does beef mean?)
   • squawk (what does squawk mean?)
   • bellyache (what does bellyache mean?)
   • holler (what does holler mean?)
   • rail (what does rail mean?)
   • inveigh (what does inveigh mean?)
   • deplore (what does deplore mean?)
   • lament (what does lament mean?)
   • bewail (what does bewail mean?)
   • bemoan (what does bemoan mean?)
   • report (what does report mean?)
   • bleat (what does bleat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • gripe (what does gripe mean?)
   • kick (what does kick mean?)
   • beef (what does beef mean?)
   • bitch (what does bitch mean?)
   • squawk (what does squawk mean?)
   • complaint (what does complaint mean?)
   • whiner (what does whiner mean?)
   • complainer (what does complainer mean?)
   • moaner (what does moaner mean?)
   • sniveller (what does sniveller mean?)
   • crybaby (what does crybaby mean?)
   • bellyacher (what does bellyacher mean?)
   • grumbler (what does grumbler mean?)
   • squawker (what does squawker mean?)

PLAIN as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lacking embellishment or ornamentation
   Synonym(s)
   • unembellished (what does unembellished mean?)
   • unornamented (what does unornamented mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a plain hair style
   • unembellished white walls
   • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
   Similar To
   • unadorned (what does unadorned mean?)
   • undecorated (what does undecorated mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lacking in physical beauty or proportion
   Synonym(s)
   • homely (what does homely mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a homely child
   • several of the buildings were downright homely
   • a plain girl with a freckled face
   Similar To
   • unattractive (what does unattractive mean?)
3. Meaning
   • free from any effort to soften to disguise
   Synonym(s)
   • unvarnished (what does unvarnished mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the plain and unvarnished truth
   • the unvarnished candor of old people and children
   Similar To
   • direct (what does direct mean?)
4. Meaning
   • comprehensible to the general public
   Synonym(s)
   • popular (what does popular mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language
   Similar To
   • general (what does general mean?)
5. Meaning
   • clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses
   Synonym(s)
   • apparent (what does apparent mean?)
   • evident (what does evident mean?)
   • manifest (what does manifest mean?)
   • patent (what does patent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
   • evident hostility
   • manifest disapproval
   • patent advantages
   • made his meaning plain
   • it is plain that he is no reac
   Similar To
   • obvious (what does obvious mean?)
6. Meaning
   • lacking patterns especially in color
   Synonym(s)
   • unpatterned (what does unpatterned mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • patterned (what does patterned mean?)
   Similar To
   • solid (what does solid mean?)
   • self-colored (what does self-colored mean?)
   • self-coloured (what does self-coloured mean?)
7. Meaning
   • not elaborate or elaborated
   • simple
   Usage Example(s)
   • plain food
   • stuck to the plain facts
   • a plain blue suit
   • a plain rectangular brick building
   Antonym(s)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   Similar To
   • austere (what does austere mean?)
   • severe (what does severe mean?)
   • stark (what does stark mean?)
   • bare(a) (what does bare(a) mean?)
   • mere(a) (what does mere(a) mean?)
   • simple(a) (what does simple(a) mean?)
   • dry (what does dry mean?)
   • dry (what does dry mean?)
   • featureless (what does featureless mean?)
   • homely (what does homely mean?)
   • inelaborate (what does inelaborate mean?)
   • unelaborate (what does unelaborate mean?)
   • literal (what does literal mean?)
   • pure and simple (what does pure and simple mean?)
   • tailored (what does tailored mean?)
   • trim (what does trim mean?)
   • chaste (what does chaste mean?)
   • simple (what does simple mean?)
   See Also
   • simple (what does simple mean?)
   • unadorned (what does unadorned mean?)
   • undecorated (what does undecorated mean?)
   • unrhetorical (what does unrhetorical mean?)
   • unpretentious (what does unpretentious mean?)
8. Meaning
   • not mixed with extraneous elements
   Synonym(s)
   • sheer (what does sheer mean?)
   • unmingled (what does unmingled mean?)
   • unmixed (what does unmixed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • plain water
   • sheer wine
   • not an unmixed blessing
   Similar To
   • pure (what does pure mean?)
9. Meaning
   • lacking stylistic embellishment
   Synonym(s)
   • literal (what does literal mean?)
   • unembellished (what does unembellished mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a literal description
   • wrote good but plain prose
   • a plain unadorned account of the coronation
   • a forthright unembellished style
   Similar To
   • unrhetorical (what does unrhetorical mean?)

PLAIN as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • unmistakably (`plain” is often used informally for `plainly”)
   Synonym(s)
   • apparently (what does apparently mean?)
   • evidently (what does evidently mean?)
   • manifestly (what does manifestly mean?)
   • obviously (what does obviously mean?)
   • patently (what does patently mean?)
   • plainly (what does plainly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the answer is obviously wrong
   • she was in bed and evidently in great pain
   • he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
   • it is all patently nonsense
   • she has apparent
   Pertainym(s)
   • apparent (what does apparent mean?)
   • evident (what does evident mean?)
   • manifest (what does manifest mean?)
   • patent (what does patent mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • apparent (what does apparent mean?)
   • evident (what does evident mean?)
   • manifest (what does manifest mean?)
   • patent (what does patent mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • apparent (what does apparent mean?)
   • evident (what does evident mean?)
   • manifest (what does manifest mean?)
   • patent (what does patent mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • apparent (what does apparent mean?)
   • evident (what does evident mean?)
   • manifest (what does manifest mean?)
   • patent (what does patent mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • apparent (what does apparent mean?)
   • evident (what does evident mean?)
   • manifest (what does manifest mean?)
   • patent (what does patent mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • obvious (what does obvious mean?)