Word Definitions & Examples
adjective satellite
Sense 1
"written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
Similar:
general
noun
Sense 2
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
"he longed for the fields of his youth"
adjective satellite
Sense 3
"a plain hair style"
"unembellished white walls"
"functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
adjective satellite
Sense 4
"the plain and unvarnished truth"
"the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
Similar:
direct
adjective
Sense 6
"plain food"
"stuck to the plain facts"
"a plain blue suit"
"a plain rectangular brick building"
Opposites:
fancy
adjective
Sense 7
Opposites:
patterned
adjective satellite
Sense 8
"a literal description"
"wrote good but plain prose"
"a plain unadorned account of the coronation"
"a forthright unembellished style"
Similar:
unrhetorical
adjective satellite
Sense 9
"a homely child"
"several of the buildings were downright homely"
"a plain girl with a freckled face"
Similar:
unattractive
verb
Sense 11
"My mother complains all day"
"She has a lot to kick about"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
adjective satellite
Sense 12
"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 reac"
Similar:
obvious
adverb
Sense 13
"the answer is obviously wrong"
"she was in bed and evidently in great pain"
"he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"
"it is all patently nonsense"
"she has apparent"
Domain:
colloquialism
Semantic Complexity
97%
Sense Count
13
Total Synonyms
19
Total Relationships
49
Times Searched
3
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