plain

adj

1. clear, clear-cut, clear as crystal, crystal-clear, well-defined, vivid, graphic; distinct, visible, patent, bald-faced, bald, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as day; apparent, ostensible, evident, self-evident, manifest, standing to reason, obvious, manifestative, Fr. en evidence; conspicuous, sticking out like a sore thumb, notable, pronounced, glaring, prominent, striking, blatant, palpable, tangible; overt, open, unconcealed, exposed, displayed, shown, professed, avowed.

2. discernible, perceivable, perceptible, recognizable, ascertainable, salient, apprehensible, comprehensible, comprehendible, cognizable, intelligible, understandable; unmistakable, definite, pointed, loud and clear, point-blank; lucid, perspicuous, transparent, translucent.

3. downright, complete, total, outright, out-and-out, categorical, dead, flat, unqualified, unconditional, incontestable; thorough, thoroughgoing, wholesale, all-out, Inf. flat-out; absolute, utter, profound, sheer, stark, arrant, rank; perfect, positive, consummate, Inf. regular, Inf. plumb, Brit. proper.

4. candid, frank, forthright, direct, straightforward;-open, open and sincere, open-hearted, genuine, guileless. See plain-spoken(def. 2).

5. homely, plain-featured, plain-looking, unattractive, unlovely, unpretty, unhandsome, unbeautiful, uncomely; ill-favored, Inf. not much to look at, Inf. short on looks, Inf. not much for looks.

6. ordinary, common, commonplace, usual, familiar, nothing out of the ordinary, everyday, workday, workaday, household-variety, garden-variety; nondescript, prosaic, matter-of-fact, Inf. no big thing; simple, modest, humble, unaffected, unpretentious, unpretending, unassuming; normal, natural, conventional, informal, regular, average, typical, general; homey, homelike, homish, down-home, homespun, homebred, Inf. folksy.

7. unadorned, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished, inelegant, unostentatious; basic, bare, pure, severe, stark, austere; lean, spare, laconic, Spartan; uncolored, colorless, monotonous, uninteresting, dull; unfinished, raw, unrefined, rough, unpainted.

8. flat, level, smooth, even; unbroken, uninterrupted, unobstructed, clear, open.

adv

9. clearly, distinctly, starkly, patently, palpably; noticeably, visibly, conspicuously, discernibly, apparently, recognizably, perceptibly, observably; manifestly, overtly, markedly, pronouncedly, prominently; transparently, openly, plainly.

10. positively, determinately, certainly, veritably, unequivocally, unambiguously, Inf. flat-out, explicitly, expressly; surely, confidently, assuredly, unquestionably, beyond question, conclusively, incontestably, uncontrovertibly, undeniably.

n

11. lowland, flat, flat or open country, steppe, tundra, champaign; prairie, grassland, meadow, savannah, Brit. heath, Chiefly Brit. moor, (both in South America) pampas, campo; plateau, tableland, mesa.