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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'plain' Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) plain, field, champaign
extensive tract of level open land Synonyms: plain stitch , sphere , field of study , champaign , knit stitch , battlefield , flying field , subject area , study , playing area , area , force field , subject , theater of operations , field of operation , knit , theatre of operations , field of honor , bailiwick , field of view , theatre , battleground , subject field , airfield , playing field , theater , field of force , athletic field , plain , discipline , landing field , field of operations , domain , line of business , arena , field , field of battle , orbit Antonyms: venose , violet-streaked , stripy , speckled , patched , purple-spotted , pointillist , vermiculated , elaborate , brinded , attractive , yellow-marked , slashed , mottled , indirect , fussy , dressy , veined , black-marked , castled , red-striped , streaked , stippled , white-streaked , damascene , tabby , freckled , pointillistic , banded , brownish-striped , striped , dappled , baroque , burled , yellow-banded , flamboyant , battlemented , fantastic , floral , lentiginose , brindled , moire , streaky , brown-speckled , fancy , brindle , impure , sprigged , busy , aureate , maroon-spotted , puff , spotted , tessellated , cross-banded , marbleised , checked , marbleized , red-streaked , laced , adorned , lacy , blotchy , embattled , blotched , chequered , checkered , yellow-spotted , watered , reddish-striped , dark-spotted , black-barred , flecked , marbled , white-blotched , florid , churrigueresque , dotted , brownish-speckled , brown-striped , black-and-tan , veinlike , figured , decorated , lentiginous , vermicular , unobvious , flowered , specked , spotty , patterned , purple-veined , churrigueresco , damask , castellated , tiger-striped , ringed , crackle , yellow-striped , puffed , luxuriant , fanciful , pinstriped , white-ribbed , rococo , vermiculate , lacelike , splotched
2. (adj) knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch
a basic knitting stitch Synonyms: plain stitch , plain , champaign , knit , field , knitting , knit stitch , knitwork Antonyms: fanciful , vermiculated , baroque , patterned , impure , flamboyant , battlemented , decorated , ringed , vermiculate , fussy , checked , brown-speckled , checkered , venose , maroon-spotted , florid , brown-striped , dotted , damascene , streaky , busy , marbleised , stippled , aureate , floral , puff , reddish-striped , spotty , purple-spotted , slashed , crackle , burled , brownish-speckled , marbled , puffed , black-barred , patched , flowered , specked , elaborate , yellow-banded , white-streaked , streaked , spotted , unobvious , adorned , black-marked , yellow-striped , banded , speckled , rococo , lentiginose , sprigged , yellow-spotted , chequered , pointillist , flecked , dappled , mottled , veinlike , marbleized , brindle , white-blotched , purple-veined , red-streaked , yellow-marked , pointillistic , splotched , fantastic , moire , fancy , churrigueresco , churrigueresque , brindled , castled , damask , embattled , pinstriped , lentiginous , indirect , tabby , attractive , castellated , dressy , lacy , watered , veined , freckled , stripy , luxuriant , brownish-striped , tessellated , cross-banded , blotchy , white-ribbed , brinded , red-striped , blotched , striped , vermicular , laced , figured , black-and-tan , tiger-striped , dark-spotted , violet-streaked , lacelike
3. (adj) apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment Synonyms: unembellished , observable , apparent , ostensible , spare , apparent(a) , unornamented , patent , plain , sheer , homely , unmistakable , discernible , unmingled , manifest , unvarnished , unmixed , evident , unpatterned , bare , seeming(a) Antonyms: venose , laced , elaborate , dressy , pointillistic , castellated , brinded , marbleized , veinlike , fussy , white-blotched , black-and-tan , tessellated , flamboyant , embattled , florid , dappled , tabby , brownish-striped , fancy , indirect , maroon-spotted , watered , blotchy , lentiginose , spotty , mottled , cross-banded , purple-spotted , black-barred , blotched , splotched , damascene , violet-streaked , chequered , damask , purple-veined , marbled , lentiginous , battlemented , vermiculate , rococo , flecked , tiger-striped , yellow-striped , puff , brownish-speckled , dark-spotted , stripy , checkered , black-marked , brown-speckled veined , white-ribbed , busy , moire , vermiculated , lacy , pinstriped , attractive , patterned , brindle , baroque , checked , brindled , patched , stippled , spotted , churrigueresco , burled , fantastic , red-striped , dotted , flowered , figured , freckled , crackle , reddish-striped , castled , marbleised , banded , decorated , aureate , yellow-banded , adorned , pointillist , white-streaked , yellow-spotted , lacelike , streaky , yellow-marked , red-streaked , puffed , floral , sprigged , specked , churrigueresque , speckled , striped , streaked , impure , vermicular , fanciful , ringed , luxuriant , slashed , unobvious , brown-striped
4. (adj) plain
not elaborate or elaborated; simple Synonyms: unornamented , evident , unvarnished , sheer , homely , bare , unmixed , unembellished , unmingled , manifest , unmistakable , spare , patent , apparent , unpatterned Antonyms: impure , flamboyant , tabby , white-blotched , white-ribbed , florid , brownish-striped , flecked , mottled , laced , red-striped , aureate , tiger-striped , patched , stippled , dark-spotted , dappled , streaked , vermiculate , banded , blotchy , chequered , striped , luxuriant , attractive , figured , violet-streaked , white-streaked , dotted , decorated , burled , patterned , brindle , purple-veined , lentiginous , vermicular , cross-banded , unobvious , ringed , purple-spotted , damascene , black-marked , crackle , black-barred , churrigueresque , freckled , fanciful , veinlike , fantastic , yellow-spotted , castellated , brownish-speckled , reddish-striped , streaky , castled , yellow-marked , splotched , baroque , lentiginose , spotted , flowered , marbled , checkered , veined , stripy , churrigueresco , moire , floral , marbleized , dressy , checked , specked , yellow-striped , lacy , brindled , yellow-banded , black-and-tan , damask , vermiculated , brown-striped , indirect , watered , tessellated , adorned , fancy , red-streaked , sprigged , pinstriped , venose , fussy , blotched , puffed , pointillist , battlemented , maroon-spotted , brinded , embattled , elaborate , marbleised , slashed , rococo , brown-speckled , speckled , spotty , busy , pointillistic , puff , lacelike
5. (adj) plain, unpatterned
lacking patterns especially in color Synonyms: unornamented , evident , unvarnished , sheer , homely , plain , bare , unmixed , unembellished , unmingled , manifest , unmistakable , spare , patent , apparent , unpatterned Antonyms: lentiginose , marbled , tessellated , sprigged , yellow-marked , yellow-striped , yellow-spotted , impure , busy , purple-veined , brownish-striped , red-striped , striped , tabby , battlemented , cross-banded , veinlike , freckled , checked , stippled , streaked , damask , puffed , red-streaked , churrigueresco , lacy , patterned , brindle , rococo , burled , veined , flowered , lentiginous , yellow-banded , fantastic , aureate , white-blotched , pointillist , streaky , lacelike , mottled , black-barred , floral , spotty , splotched , brown-striped , castled , pointillistic , elaborate , black-marked , specked , florid , reddish-striped , dressy , checkered , dotted , venose , attractive , decorated , blotchy , fussy , moire , black-and-tan , stripy , adorned , vermicular , castellated , brindled , blotched , patched , fanciful , tiger-striped , churrigueresque , chequered , vermiculate , vermiculated , white-ribbed , marbleized , dark-spotted , damascene , flecked , crackle , spotted , watered , white-streaked , brown-speckled , fancy , laced , indirect , dappled , luxuriant , marbleised , pinstriped , embattled , flamboyant , unobvious , banded , brinded , baroque , brownish-speckled , purple-spotted , maroon-spotted , speckled , ringed , slashed , puff , figured , violet-streaked
6. (adj) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
not mixed with extraneous elements Synonyms: evident , bare , spare , gauzy , downright , unpatterned , uncompounded , cobwebby , unmixed , unornamented , vapourous , right-down , out-and-out(a) , manifest , patent , absolute , vaporous , homely , see-through , unmingled , unvarnished , rank(a) , gossamer , bluff , sheer(a) , diaphanous , sheer , apparent , plain , bold , filmy , gauze-like , unembellished , transparent , unmistakable Antonyms: brinded , blotched , veinlike , venose , fantastic , tessellated , crackle , yellow-striped , ringed , flecked , black-marked , patterned , splotched , vermicular , dappled , burled , streaky , indirect , veined , dressy , stripy , luxuriant , marbleised , floral , white-streaked , yellow-marked , busy , maroon-spotted , stippled , banded , lentiginose , vermiculate , castled , churrigueresque , pointillist , puff , cross-banded , purple-veined , black-barred , aureate , brindle , flowered , battlemented , puffed , checkered , white-blotched , brownish-speckled , lacelike , blotchy , brown-speckled , brownish-striped , sprigged , tabby , dotted , yellow-spotted , damascene , dark-spotted , unobvious , mottled , laced , watered , fancy , vermiculated , yellow-banded , black-and-tan , speckled , slashed , decorated , pointillistic , marbleized , baroque , checked , rococo , lentiginous , damask , striped , brown-striped , attractive , violet-streaked , embattled , lacy , impure , castellated , marbled , brindled , white-ribbed , red-streaked , streaked , spotty , moire , pinstriped , churrigueresco , patched , spotted , freckled , fanciful , fussy , florid , figured , red-striped , flamboyant , purple-spotted , adorned , chequered , elaborate , tiger-striped , reddish-striped , specked
7. (adj) plain, unvarnished
free from any effort to soften to disguise Synonyms: evident , unstained , apparent , spare , unornamented , patent , plain , sheer , homely , bare , unmistakable , unmingled , manifest , unvarnished , unmixed , unpatterned , unembellished Antonyms: maroon-spotted , brown-striped , marbled , attractive , splotched , damascene , white-ribbed , lentiginous , laced , mottled , speckled , lacelike , moire , rococo , aureate , venose , patterned , tiger-striped , embattled , patched , brinded , red-streaked , lacy , stripy , puff , marbleised , black-and-tan , fancy , flamboyant , dotted , brindle , ringed , indirect , damask , black-barred , dark-spotted , elaborate , yellow-spotted , freckled , impure , figured , flecked , streaked , churrigueresco , tessellated , cross-banded , crackle , burled , puffed , specked , watered , veinlike , yellow-striped , chequered , yellow-marked , decorated , stippled , brownish-speckled , vermiculated , churrigueresque , veined , adorned , baroque , striped , checkered , brown-speckled , slashed , pinstriped , checked , yellow-banded , banded , white-blotched , marbleized , streaky , lentiginose , unobvious , spotted , brindled , red-striped , pointillist , fantastic , vermiculate , spotty , black-marked , flowered , floral , busy , fussy , fanciful , blotched , tabby , reddish-striped , violet-streaked , pointillistic , florid , dappled , vermicular , luxuriant , purple-spotted , castled , battlemented , brownish-striped , sprigged , white-streaked , dressy , purple-veined , castellated , blotchy
8. (adj) plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented
lacking embellishment or ornamentation Synonyms: evident , spare , bare(a) , unpatterned , supernumerary , unmixed , bleak , redundant , unornamented , superfluous , free , au naturel(p) , bare , patent , surplus , stark , excess , simple(a) , homely , trim , unmingled , stripped , desolate , supererogatory , mere(a) , unvarnished , extra , sheer , apparent , plain , nude , unsheathed , unfinished , barren , manifest , scanty , naked , marginal , unembellished , unmistakable Antonyms: striped , busy , battlemented , aureate , fantastic , stippled , brindle , burled , flowered , blotched , puffed , churrigueresque , watered , spotted , moire , damask , banded , rococo , brown-striped , speckled , patterned , brindled , laced , pointillist , yellow-striped , marbleised , marbleized , decorated , purple-veined , white-streaked , sprigged , pinstriped , yellow-marked , slashed , checked , vermicular , brownish-striped , cross-banded , tiger-striped , dressy , lacelike , mottled , crackle , floral , fussy , castellated , figured , black-and-tan , dark-spotted , vermiculated , purple-spotted , castled , flamboyant streaked , dappled , indirect , brinded , tessellated , adorned , pointillistic , puff , marbled , white-ribbed , ringed , blotchy , yellow-banded , white-blotched , unobvious , florid black-barred , elaborate , lentiginous , patched , damascene , fanciful , embattled , spotty , chequered , veinlike , red-striped , freckled , black-marked , flecked , checkered , luxuriant , attractive , stripy , maroon-spotted , reddish-striped , venose , tabby , vermiculate , veined , violet-streaked , churrigueresco , fancy , red-streaked , impure , baroque , dotted , streaky , brown-speckled , splotched , brownish-speckled , lentiginose , specked , lacy , yellow-spotted
9. (verb) homely, plain
lacking in physical beauty or proportion Synonyms: unembellished , evident , apparent , homy , homey , spare , unornamented , patent , plain , sheer , homely , unmistakable , unmingled , manifest , unvarnished , unmixed , homelike , unpatterned , bare Antonyms: brinded , yellow-spotted , fantastic , venose , brindled , lentiginose , freckled , dotted , lentiginous , vermicular , puff , indirect , damask , striped , busy , fussy , stripy , marbleized , patterned , purple-spotted , patched , spotty , white-blotched , brownish-speckled , speckled , watered , flecked , marbleised , brownish-striped , lacelike , vermiculate , violet-streaked , attractive , battlemented , checkered , pointillist , churrigueresco , decorated , red-striped , splotched , yellow-marked , banded , unobvious , figured , chequered , white-streaked , fancy , burled , spotted , fanciful , streaky , vermiculated , flamboyant , cross-banded , specked , flowered , veinlike , castled , moire , puffed , pointillistic , mottled , white-ribbed , lacy , tabby , elaborate , yellow-banded , luxuriant , yellow-striped , pinstriped , black-barred , maroon-spotted , dappled , black-marked , black-and-tan , baroque , floral , florid , churrigueresque , sprigged , reddish-striped , crackle , laced , marbled , brown-striped , brown-speckled , ringed , tessellated , adorned , slashed , blotched , embattled , tiger-striped , stippled , streaked , impure , dark-spotted , purple-veined , damascene , aureate , red-streaked , dressy , blotchy , checked , rococo , veined , brindle , castellated
10. (adverb) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness Synonyms: recoil , plain , kvetch , quetch , give up , kick , strike up , kick back , animadvert , complain , speak out , sound off , opine , speak up Antonyms: slashed , maroon-spotted , churrigueresque , tiger-striped , fancy , banded , busy , impure , violet-streaked , tessellated , adorned , damascene , white-ribbed , pointillist , specked , churrigueresco , black-marked , mottled , lacelike , streaked , splotched , black-barred , spotty , brownish-speckled , yellow-striped , unobvious , embattled , red-streaked , floral , cross-banded , purple-veined , marbleized , brown-striped , elaborate , white-blotched , flecked , pinstriped , florid , checkered , veinlike , yellow-banded , chequered , indirect , damask , marbled , purple-spotted , vermiculate , white-streaked , fantastic , castled , dark-spotted , battlemented , laced , figured , puff , moire , luxuriant , vermiculated , tabby , brindle , sprigged , watered , brindled , lacy , venose , dappled , pointillistic , veined , marbleised , brown-speckled , lentiginous , flowered , stripy , blotched , blotchy , dressy , dotted , black-and-tan , red-striped , patterned , checked , vermicular , castellated , decorated , aureate , stippled , fussy , attractive , streaky , yellow-marked , baroque , burled , brinded , ringed , flamboyant , crackle , spotted , reddish-striped , freckled , speckled , brownish-striped , lentiginose , puffed , rococo , patched , striped , yellow-spotted , fanciful
11. (adverb) obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') Synonyms: plain , ostensibly , manifestly , plainly , patently , simply , seemingly , on the face of it , evidently , apparently , obviously Antonyms: spotted , black-and-tan , pointillist , lacelike , brindle , streaky , baroque , vermicular , lentiginose , checkered , elaborate , violet-streaked , stripy , slashed , dark-spotted , cross-banded , castled , mottled , pointillistic , sprigged , churrigueresco , dotted , blotched , adorned , stippled , marbleized , marbled , spotty , white-blotched , marbleised , watered , maroon-spotted , brinded , streaked , florid , blotchy , embattled , flamboyant , red-striped , rococo , battlemented , fancy , decorated , veined , figured , aureate , vermiculate , moire , brown-speckled , specked , unobvious , crackle , reddish-striped , yellow-banded , ringed , lacy , tessellated , impure , brownish-speckled , patched , fussy , floral , freckled , tabby , damask , dappled , yellow-spotted , venose , black-marked , flowered , lentiginous , speckled , striped , attractive , burled , purple-spotted , indirect , puffed , chequered , castellated , splotched , brownish-striped , purple-veined , brindled , vermiculated , dressy , tiger-striped , veinlike , red-streaked , brown-striped , luxuriant , fantastic , checked , busy , laced , churrigueresque , white-ribbed , black-barred , puff , pinstriped , fanciful , flecked , patterned , damascene , white-streaked , yellow-marked , banded , yellow-striped
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'plain' English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. plain
Clear (L. clarus, bright, brilliant) primarily refers to that which shines, and impresses the mind through the eye with a sense of luster or splendor. A substance is said to be clear that offer Synonyms: clear , apparent , intelligible , pellucid , transparent , diaphanous , limpid , perspicuous , unadorned , distinct , lucid , plain , unambiguous , evident , manifest , straightforward , unequivocal , explicit , obvious , translucent , unmistakable Antonyms: ambiguous , dim , foggy , mysterious , opaque , unintelligible , cloudy , dubious , indistinct , obscure , turbid , vague
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