Plain
nnoun.objectextensive tract of level open landSynset:champaign field
Examples:- they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
- he longed for the fields of his youth
Hypernyms:dry land earth ground land solid ground terra firma
Inherited Hypernyms:plainlandobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:flatflood plainfloodplainllanomoormoorlandpeneplainpeneplanesnowfieldsteppetundra
Instance Hyponyms:Nullarbor Plain Olympia Serengeti Serengeti Plain
Full Hyponyms:alluvial flatflatfloodplainllanomoorpeneplainsalt flatsnowfieldsteppetundra
nnoun.artifacta basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand sideSynset:knit knit stitch plain stitch
Derivationally Related Form:knit
Hypernyms:knitting stitch
Inherited Hypernyms:knitknitting stitchstitchsewingneedleworkcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.communicationexpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappinessSynset:complain kick kvetch quetch sound off
Examples:- My mother complains all day
- She has a lot to kick about
Antonyms:cheer
Derivationally Related Form:complainercomplaintkick
Inherited Hypernyms:complain
Direct Hyponyms:backbitebeefbellyachebemoanbewailbitchbleatcrabcroakdeploregnarlgripegrizzlegrouchgrousegrumblehen-peckhollerinveighlamentmurmurmutternagpeckprotestrailrepinereportscoldsquawkwhineyammeryawp
Full Troponyms:backbitebleatdeclaimdeploregripegrouchmurmurnagprotestrailrepinereportwhine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: complain)
adj satadj.allclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgmentSynset:apparent evident manifest palpable patent unmistakable
Examples:- 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 reactionary
- in plain view
- a palpable lie
Antonyms:unobvious
Derivationally Related Form:patencyappearapparentnessevidenceapparencyplainness
Inherited Hypernyms:apparent
Similar to:obvious
adjadj.allnot elaborate or elaborated; simpleExamples:- plain food
- stuck to the plain facts
- a plain blue suit
- a plain rectangular brick building
Antonyms:fancy
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:austere severe stark stern bare mere simple chaste dry dry featureless homely inelaborate unelaborate literal simple tailored trim vanilla
See also:simple unadorned undecorated unpretentious unrhetorical
adjadj.alllacking patterns especially in colorSynset:unpatterned
Antonyms:patterned
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:solid-colored solid-coloured
adj satadj.allnot mixed with extraneous elementsSynset:sheer unmingled unmixed
Examples:- plain water
- sheer wine
- not an unmixed blessing
Antonyms:impure
Derivationally Related Form:plainness
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:pure
adj satadj.allfree from any effort to soften to disguiseSynset:unvarnished
Examples:- the plain and unvarnished truth
- the unvarnished candor of old people and children
Antonyms:indirect
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:direct
adj satadj.alllacking embellishment or ornamentationSynset:bare spare unembellished unornamented
Examples:- a plain hair style
- unembellished white walls
- functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
Antonyms:adorned
Derivationally Related Form:plainness
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:unadorned undecorated
adj satadj.alllacking in physical beauty or proportionSynset:homely
Examples:- a homely child
- several of the buildings were downright homely
- a plain girl with a freckled face
Antonyms:attractive
Derivationally Related Form:plainnesshomeliness
Inherited Hypernyms:homely
Similar to:unattractive
advadv.allunmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:apparently evidently manifestly obviously patently plainly
Examples:- 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 apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
Pertainyms:manifestobviousplainapparentpatentevident
Inherited Hypernyms:obviously