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plain
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- pronunciation:
- pleIn
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb, noun
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
plainer, plainest |
| definition 1: |
easily seen or heard; clear; visible.
The tower on the hill is in plain view of everyone in town.- synonyms:
- apparent, clear, distinct, evident, obvious, visible
- antonyms:
- obscure
- similar words:
- broad, conspicuous, noticeable
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| definition 2: |
clear and understood; obvious.
Our principal is known for his plain speaking.It was plain to everyone that she was angry.- synonyms:
- apparent, clear, distinct, evident, obvious, visible
- similar words:
- explicit, intelligible
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| definition 3: |
not complicated or fancy; without anything extra; simple.
The manager wore a plain suit today.- synonyms:
- bare, simple
- antonyms:
- fancy, gaudy
- similar words:
- austere, commonplace, homely, homespun, modest, ordinary, primitive
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| definition 4: |
not beautiful; common looking.
He is tall and rather plain.- synonyms:
- homely
- antonyms:
- attractive, handsome, pretty, showy
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| related words: |
bare, black, blank, blunt, certain, informal, naked, nude, simple, straight, transparent, ugly, very |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
without question or doubt.
The belief that the earth is flat was just plain wrong.- synonyms:
- clearly, flat, simply
- similar words:
- certainly, definitely, doubtless, surely
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
(sometimes plural) a large, flat area of land with few or no trees, sometimes covered by long grass.
Many years ago, thousands of buffalo lived on the western plains.- synonyms:
- prairie
- similar words:
- grassland, moor, tundra
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| related words: |
flat, level |
| derivations: |
plainly (adv.), plainness (n.) |
Are you looking for the word plane? Plain and plane sound alike but have different meanings.
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some animals that live on plains |
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antelope, bear, bison, cheetah, deer, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, horse, hyena, impala, lion, mustang, prairie dog, zebra |
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some kinds of plains |
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prairie, savanna, tundra |
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some plants that live on plains |
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grass, sagebrush |
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