plain
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
extensive tract of level open land
they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
My mother complains all day
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
Related & opposite
- obviousness derivation
- apparentness derivation
- perspicuity derivation
- grounds derivation
- appear derivation
- seem derivation
- obvious similar to
Sense 4 adverb
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
the answer is obviously wrong
Related & opposite
- obvious derived from
- plain derived from
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 5 noun
a basic knitting stitch
Types & categories
- knitting stitch hypernym
Related & opposite
- knit derivation
Sense 6 adjective
not elaborate or elaborated; simple
plain food
Related & opposite
- unadorned also see
- unpretentious also see
- unrhetorical also see
- simple also see
- fancy antonym
- austere similar to
- barea similar to
- chaste similar to
- dry similar to
- dry similar to
- featureless similar to
- homely similar to
- inelaborate similar to
- literal similar to
- simple similar to
- tailored similar to
- vanilla similar to
Sense 7 adjective
lacking patterns especially in color
Related & opposite
- patterned antonym
- solid-colored similar to
Sense 8 adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
plain water
Related & opposite
Sense 9 adjective
free from any effort to soften to disguise
the plain and unvarnished truth
Related & opposite
- direct similar to
Sense 10 adjective
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
a plain hair style
Related & opposite
Sense 11 adjective
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
a homely child
Related & opposite
- homeliness derivation
- homeliness derivation
- unattractive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ground |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floodplain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | llano |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moorland |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peneplain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snowfield |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | steppe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tundra |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Olympia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nullarbor Plain |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Serengeti |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | chirk up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complaint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gripe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squawker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backbite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grizzle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | murmur |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grumble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | protest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bitch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bewail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | report |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviousness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apparentness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perspicuity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grounds |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appear |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | seem |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | obvious |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | obvious |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | plain |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | knit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | knitting stitch |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | unadorned |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | unpretentious |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | unrhetorical |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | simple |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | austere |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | barea |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | chaste |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | dry |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | dry |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | featureless |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | homely |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | inelaborate |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | literal |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | simple |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | tailored |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | vanilla |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | patterned |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | solid-colored |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | plainness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | pure |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | direct |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | plainness |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | unadorned |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | homeliness |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | homeliness |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | unattractive |