plain - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

Synonyms

• knit
• knit stitch
• plain
• plain stitch

More generic

• knitting stitch

Noun

extensive tract of level open land

Synonyms

• champaign
• field
• plain

More generic

• dry land
• earth
• ground
• land
• solid ground
• terra firma

More specific

• flat
• flood plain
• floodplain
• llano
• moor
• moorland
• peneplain
• peneplane
• snowfield
• steppe
• tundra

Verb

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

Synonyms

• complain
• kick
• kvetch
• plain
• quetch
• sound off

More specific

• backbite
• beef
• bellyache
• bemoan
• bewail
• bitch
• bleat
• crab
• croak
• deplore
• gnarl
• gripe
• grizzle
• grouch
• grouse
• grumble
• hen-peck
• holler
• inveigh
• lament
• murmur
• mutter
• nag
• peck
• protest
• rail
• repine
• report
• scold
• squawk
• whine
• yammer
• yawp

Adjective

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

Synonyms

• bare
• plain
• spare
• unembellished
• unornamented

Related

• unadorned
• undecorated

Adjective

lacking in physical beauty or proportion

Synonyms

• homely
• plain

Related

• unattractive

Adjective

free from any effort to soften to disguise

Synonyms

• plain
• unvarnished

Related

• direct

Adjective

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Synonyms

• apparent
• evident
• manifest
• palpable
• patent
• plain
• unmistakable

Related

• obvious

Adjective

lacking patterns especially in color

Synonyms

• plain
• unpatterned

Related

• solid-colored
• solid-coloured

Opposite / Antonyms

• patterned

Adjective

not elaborate or elaborated; simple

Synonyms

• plain

Related

• austere
• bare
• chaste
• dry
• featureless
• homely
• inelaborate
• literal
• mere
• severe
• simple
• stark
• stern
• tailored
• trim
• unelaborate
• vanilla

Opposite / Antonyms

• fancy

Also See

• simple
• unadorned
• undecorated
• unpretentious
• unrhetorical

Adjective

not mixed with extraneous elements

Synonyms

• plain
• sheer
• unmingled
• unmixed

Related

• pure

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

Synonyms

• apparently
• evidently
• manifestly
• obviously
• patently
• plain
• plainly

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