plain

(noun) extensive tract of level open land. Synonyms: field, champaign. Examples: "They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain." "He longed for the fields of his youth."

(noun) a basic knitting stitch. Synonyms: knit, knit stitch, plain stitch.

(verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. Synonyms: complain, kick, sound off, quetch, kvetch. Examples: "My mother complains all day." "She has a lot to kick about."

(adj) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, unmistakable. Examples: "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 reactionary." "In plain view."

(adj) not elaborate or elaborated; simple. Synonyms: plain (vs. fancy). Examples: "Plain food." "Stuck to the plain facts." "A plain blue suit." "A plain rectangular brick building."

(adj) lacking patterns especially in color. Synonyms: plain (vs. patterned), unpatterned.

(adj) not mixed with extraneous elements. Synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed. Examples: "Plain water." "Sheer wine." "Not an unmixed blessing."

(adj) free from any effort to soften to disguise. Synonyms: unvarnished. Examples: "The plain and unvarnished truth." "The unvarnished candor of old people and children."

(adj) lacking embellishment or ornamentation. Synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented. Examples: "A plain hair style." "Unembellished white walls." "Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete."

(adj) lacking in physical beauty or proportion. Synonyms: homely. Examples: "A homely child." "Several of the buildings were downright homely." "A plain girl with a freckled face."

(adv) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'). Synonyms: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly. Examples: "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 apparently been living here for some time." "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not." "You are plainly wrong." "He is plain stubborn."