Word: plainer
Category: plainer
Home & Garden, Business & Industrial, Hobbies & Leisure
Related words: plainer
wood plainer
Synonyms: plainer
obvious, clear, crystal clear, evident, apparent, manifest, patent, discernible, perceptible, noticeable, recognizable, unmistakable, transparent, pronounced, marked, striking, conspicuous, self-evident, indisputable, writ large, standing/sticking out like a sore thumb, intelligible, comprehensible, understandable, coherent, uncomplicated, lucid, unambiguous, simple, straightforward, user-friendly, perspicuous, candid, frank, outspoken, forthright, direct, honest, truthful, blunt, bald, explicit, unequivocal, upfront, ordinary, unadorned, unembellished, unornamented, unostentatious, unfussy, basic, modest, unsophisticated, without frills, homespun, restrained, unshowy, unflashy, muted, everyday, workaday, homely, unattractive, unprepossessing, ugly, ill-favored, unlovely, not much to look at, sheer, pure, downright, out-and-out, unmitigated, unmixed, unmingled, unpatterned, unvarnished, spare, bare
Translations: plainer
The meaning and "use of": plainer
- not decorated or elaborate; simple or ordinary in character. - good plain food
- easy to perceive or understand; clear. - the advantages were plain to see
- (of a person) not beautiful or attractive. - the dark-haired, rather plain woman
- sheer; simple (used for emphasis). - the main problem is just plain exhaustion
- (of a knitting stitch) made using a knit rather than a purl stitch. - She offered a more varied needlework curriculum of plain work, marking, openwork, and embroidery along with reading and writing.