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  Overview  of  adj  plain 
 
  The  adj  plain  has  9  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  apparent,  evident,  manifest,  patent,  plain  --  (clearly  apparent  or  obvious  to  the  mind  or  senses  "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") 
  2.  (1)  plain  --  (not  elaborate  or  elaborated;  simple;  "plain  food";  "stuck  to  the  plain  facts";  "a  plain  blue  suit";  "a  plain  rectangular  brick  building") 
  3.  (1)  plain,  unpatterned  --  (lacking  patterns  especially  in  color) 
  4.  (1)  plain,  sheer,  unmingled,  unmixed  --  (not  mixed  with  extraneous  elements;  "plain  water";  "sheer  wine";  "not  an  unmixed  blessing") 
  5.  (1)  plain,  unvarnished  --  (free  from  any  effort  to  soften  to  disguise;  "the  plain  and  unvarnished  truth";  "the  unvarnished  candor  of  old  people  and  children") 
  6.  (1)  plain,  unembellished,  unornamented  --  (lacking  embellishment  or  ornamentation;  "a  plain  hair  style";  "unembellished  white  walls";  "functional  architecture  featuring  stark  unornamented  concrete") 
  7.  literal,  plain,  unembellished  --  (lacking  stylistic  embellishment;  "a  literal  description";  "wrote  good  but  plain  prose";  "a  plain  unadorned  account  of  the  coronation";  "a  forthright  unembellished  style") 
  8.  plain,  popular  --  (comprehensible  to  the  general  public;  "written  for  the  popular  press  in  plain  nontechnical  language") 
  9.  homely,  plain  --  (lacking  in  physical  beauty  or  proportion;  "a  homely  child";  "several  of  the  buildings  were  downright  homely";  "a  plain  girl  with  a  freckled  face") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  plain 
 
  9  senses  of  plain 
 
  Sense  1 
  apparent,  evident,  manifest,  patent,  plain 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  obvious)  ->  unobvious 
 
  Sense  2 
  plain  (vs.  fancy) 
 
  fancy  (vs.  plain) 
  =>  aureate,  florid,  flamboyant,  showy 
  =>  baroque,  churrigueresque,  churrigueresco 
  =>  busy,  fussy 
  =>  battlemented,  castellated,  castled,  crenelated,  crenellated 
  =>  dressy 
  =>  crackle 
  =>  damascene,  damascened 
  =>  damask 
  =>  elaborate,  luxuriant 
  =>  embattled,  crenelated,  crenelate,  crenellated,  crenellate,  indented 
  =>  fanciful 
  =>  garnished 
  =>  lacy,  lacelike 
  =>  rich 
  =>  rococo 
  =>  vermicular,  vermiculate,  vermiculated 
  =>  puff,  puffed 
 
  Sense  3 
  plain  (vs.  patterned),  unpatterned 
 
  patterned  (vs.  plain) 
  =>  banded 
  =>  blotched,  blotchy,  splotched 
  =>  brindled,  brindle,  brinded,  tabby 
  =>  burled 
  =>  checked,  checkered,  chequered 
  =>  dappled,  mottled 
  =>  dotted,  flecked,  specked,  speckled,  stippled 
  =>  figured 
  =>  floral,  flowered 
  =>  freckled,  lentiginous,  lentiginose 
  =>  laced 
  =>  marbled,  marbleized,  marbleised 
  =>  moire,  watered 
  =>  patched,  spotted 
  =>  pinstriped,  pinstripe(postnominal) 
  =>  pointilist,  pointilistic 
  =>  slashed 
  =>  patched,  spotted 
  =>  sprigged 
  =>  streaked,  streaky 
  =>  striped,  stripy 
  =>  tessellated 
  =>  veined,  venose,  veinlike 
 
  Sense  4 
  plain,  sheer,  unmingled,  unmixed 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  pure)  ->  impure 
 
  Sense  5 
  plain,  unvarnished 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  direct)  ->  indirect 
 
  Sense  6 
  plain,  unembellished,  unornamented 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unadorned)  ->  adorned,  decorated 
 
  Sense  7 
  literal,  plain,  unembellished 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unrhetorical)  ->  rhetorical 
 
  Sense  8 
  plain,  popular 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  general,  nonspecific)  ->  specific 
 
  Sense  9 
  homely,  plain 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unattractive)  ->  attractive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  plain 
 
  9  senses  of  plain 
 
  Sense  1 
  apparent,  evident,  manifest,  patent,  plain 
  =>  obvious  (vs.  unobvious) 
 
  Sense  2 
  plain  (vs.  fancy) 
  =>  austere,  severe,  stark 
  =>  bare(postnominal),  mere(postnominal),  simple(postnominal) 
  =>  dry 
  =>  dry 
  =>  featureless 
  =>  homely 
  =>  inelaborate,  unelaborate 
  =>  literal,  pure  and  simple 
  =>  tailored,  trim 
  =>  chaste 
  =>  simple 
  Also  See->  simple#1;  unadorned#1,  undecorated#1;  unrhetorical#1;  unpretentious#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  plain  (vs.  patterned),  unpatterned 
  =>  solid,  self-colored,  self-coloured 
 
  Sense  4 
  plain,  sheer,  unmingled,  unmixed 
  =>  pure  (vs.  impure) 
 
  Sense  5 
  plain,  unvarnished 
  =>  direct  (vs.  indirect) 
 
  Sense  6 
  plain,  unembellished,  unornamented 
  =>  unadorned  (vs.  adorned),  undecorated 
 
  Sense  7 
  literal,  plain,  unembellished 
  =>  unrhetorical  (vs.  rhetorical) 
 
  Sense  8 
  plain,  popular 
  =>  general  (vs.  specific) 
 
  Sense  9 
  homely,  plain 
  =>  unattractive  (vs.  attractive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  plain 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  plain 
 
  plain  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  9) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  plain 
  plain 
  plain-woven 
  plainspoken 
  plaintive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  plain 
 
  The  adj  plain  has  9  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  apparent,  evident,  manifest,  patent,  plain  --  (clearly  apparent  or  obvious  to  the  mind  or  senses  "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") 
  2.  (1)  plain  --  (not  elaborate  or  elaborated;  simple;  "plain  food";  "stuck  to  the  plain  facts";  "a  plain  blue  suit";  "a  plain  rectangular  brick  building") 
  3.  (1)  plain,  unpatterned  --  (lacking  patterns  especially  in  color) 
  4.  (1)  plain,  sheer,  unmingled,  unmixed  --  (not  mixed  with  extraneous  elements;  "plain  water";  "sheer  wine";  "not  an  unmixed  blessing") 
  5.  (1)  plain,  unvarnished  --  (free  from  any  effort  to  soften  to  disguise;  "the  plain  and  unvarnished  truth";  "the  unvarnished  candor  of  old  people  and  children") 
  6.  (1)  plain,  unembellished,  unornamented  --  (lacking  embellishment  or  ornamentation;  "a  plain  hair  style";  "unembellished  white  walls";  "functional  architecture  featuring  stark  unornamented  concrete") 
  7.  literal,  plain,  unembellished  --  (lacking  stylistic  embellishment;  "a  literal  description";  "wrote  good  but  plain  prose";  "a  plain  unadorned  account  of  the  coronation";  "a  forthright  unembellished  style") 
  8.  plain,  popular  --  (comprehensible  to  the  general  public;  "written  for  the  popular  press  in  plain  nontechnical  language") 
  9.  homely,  plain  --  (lacking  in  physical  beauty  or  proportion;  "a  homely  child";  "several  of  the  buildings  were  downright  homely";  "a  plain  girl  with  a  freckled  face") 



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