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plainadjective free from all additions or embellishmentI like my hamburgers plain, with no ketchup or relish just give us the plain facts and none of your snide comments bald, bare, naked, plain-vanilla, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished denuded, divested, strippedau naturel, earthy, elemental, homely, natural, unsophisticatedforthright, honest, modest, unpretentiouscleanantiseptic, austere, bleak, severe, spartan, starkminimalistinconspicuous, muted, restrained, sober, subdued, toned (down), unobtrusiveconservative, quiet, understated adorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glittery, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank(or swanky), tawdrybedizened, florid, lurid, ornateexaggerated, overdecorated, overdone, overwroughtbaroque, elaborate, extravagant, ornate, rococoappareled(or apparelled), arrayed, bedecked, decked-out, dressed, embroidered, garnished, trimmed free from added matterI'd prefer my pasta plain, not flavored with tomato or spinach or anything else absolute, fine, neat, pure, purified, refined, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmixed clarified, filteredclean, fresh, taintless, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, undefiled, unpolluted, untaintedrendered, triedconcentrated, full-bodied, stronguncombined adulterated, alloyed, diluted, impure, mixed befouled, besmirched, contaminated, corrupted, debased, defiled, fouled, polluted, soiled, spoiled, sullied, taintedunclarifiedamalgamated, blended, coalesced, combined, commingled, compounded, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingledconjoined, fused, joined, linked, unitedcheapened, doctored, watered-down free in expressing one's true feelings and opinionstheir piano teacher is honest and plain, if not always tactful candid, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, freehearted, honest, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, unguarded, unreserved, up-front artless, earnest, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive(or naïve), natural, real, sincere, unaffected, undesigning, unpretending, unpretentiousoutgoing, uninhibited, unrestrainedvocal, vociferousabrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque(also brusk), crusty, curt, gruff, sharpimpertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, tactless, thoughtless, uncivil, undiplomatic, ungracious, unmannerly, unsubtle dissembling, uncandid, unforthcoming inhibited, reserved, restrainedclose-mouthed, laconic, quiet, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicativeambiguous, circuitous, equivocal, evasivediplomatic, politic, tactfulcivil, considerate, courteous, polite going straight to the point clearly and firmlya plain report on the current situation direct, forthright, foursquare, straight, straightforward aboveboard, candid, frank, free-spoken, honest, open, openhearted, outspoken, plainspoken, unguarded, unreservedartless, earnest, sincereuninhibited, unrestrainedabrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque(also brusk), curt, gruff, point-blank, sharpimpolite, inconsiderate, rude, tactless, undiplomatictrue, truthful, veracious circuitous, indirect, roundabout circumlocutory, long-winded, prolix, verbose, wordyinhibited, reserved, restrainedcivil, courteous, polite, tactfuldeceitful, lying, mendacious, untruthfulerroneous, fallacious, falseambiguous, equivocal, evasive, misleadingdouble-dealing, hypocritical, two-faced not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretationlet me make my meaning plain apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, ringing, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandableself-evident, self-explanatoryclean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicatedovert, undisguisedappreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangiblediscernible(also discernable), noticeable, observable, visibleblack-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-definedclean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic(also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowableimpalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensiblecloudy, gauzy, gray(also grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommittal, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vagueillegible, undecipherable, unreadable in an honest and direct mannertold her plain that he loved her directly, forthrightly, foursquare, plainly, straight, straightforward(also straightforwards), straightforwardly baldly, bluffly, candidly, frankly, honestly, openheartedly, openly, unguardedly, unreservedlyartlessly, earnestly, simply, sincerelyabruptly, bluntly, brusquely, curtly, gruffly, point-blank, sharplyimpolitely, inconsiderately, rudely, tactlesslytruthfully, veraciously long-windedly, verbosely, wordilycivilly, courteously, diplomatically, politely, tactfullydeceitfully, mendaciously, untruthfullyerroneously, fallaciously, falsely, hypocritically, insincerelyambiguously, circuitously, equivocally, evasively, indirectly a broad area of level or rolling treeless countrythe first settlers in that area lived on the vast plains in lonely log cabins campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea(or ley), llano, moor, pampa, prairie, savanna(also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld(or veldt) field, meadowfloodplainbottom, bottomland, flat, lowlandplateau, table, tableland, upland a wide space or areathe vast plains of snow-covered earth that seemed to stretch endlessly breadth, distance, expanse, expansion, extent, field, length, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste domain, sphere, territorycompass, range, scope, sweepgamut, scale, spectrumdepth, emptiness, voidextension, latitude, spanamplitude, immensity, magnitude adj.common, ordinary, plain, familiar, popular, vulgar mean generally met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual.common implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrencea common error lacked common honesty and may additionally suggest inferiority or coarseness.common manners ordinary stresses conformance in quality or kind with the regular order of things.an ordinary pleasant summer day a very ordinary sort of man plain is likely to suggest homely simplicity.plain hard-working people familiar stresses the fact of being generally known and easily recognized.a familiar melody popular applies to what is accepted by or prevalent among people in general sometimes in contrast to upper classes or special groups.a writer of popular romances vulgar, otherwise similar to popular, is likely to carry derogatory connotations (as of inferiority or coarseness).souvenirs designed to appeal to the vulgar taste in the 14th century |