plainness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being unmixed with other material
the plainness of vanilla ice cream
Types & categories
- purity hypernym
Related & opposite
- unmixed derivation
Sense 2 noun
clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
Types & categories
- clearness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
Types & categories
- appearance hypernym
- chasteness hyponym
- austereness hyponym
- starkness hyponym
Related & opposite
- unembellished derivation
Sense 4 noun
an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness
Types & categories
- appearance hypernym
Related & opposite
- homely derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unmixed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | purity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clearness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unembellished |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | appearance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chasteness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | austereness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | starkness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | homely |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | appearance |