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Synonyms for plainness
plain·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
plainness
Synonyms:
brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, shortness, succinctness, tersenessAntonyms:
circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness
Princeton's WordNet
plainnessnoun
the state of being unmixed with other material
"the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
Synonyms:
perspicuity, homeliness, perspicuousnessperspicuity, perspicuousness, plainnessnoun
clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
Synonyms:
perspicuity, homeliness, perspicuousnessplainnessnoun
the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
Synonyms:
perspicuity, homeliness, perspicuousnesshomeliness, plainnessnoun
an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
"fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
Synonyms:
perspicuity, homeliness, perspicuousness, dowdiness, drabness
Matched Categories
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5864 | compression | |
#24556 | condensation | |
#37781 | shortness | |
#41093 | brevity | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#93289 | directness | |
#141473 | conciseness | |
#190108 | plainness | |
#305049 | perspicuity | |
#305389 | succinctness |
How to use plainness in a sentence?
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
There are so many variations of mac and cheese you can have -- mustard or no mustard, different toppings you can put on. But I don't like to deviate too far from the original because once you start adding too much, you take away the plainness of a mac and cheese in white sauce, i like to keep it as simple and true as possible.
Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires.
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