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1. plain
adjective. ['ˈpleɪn'] clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
Rhymes with Plain
- st_germain
- legerdemain
- st_germaine
- preordain
- lamontagne
- lafountaine
- lafountain
- inhumane
- constrain
- restrain
- overtrain
- mcswain
- aquitaine
- ukraine
- tremaine
- sylvain
- sustain
- spokane
- sartain
- retrain
- refrain
- profane
- partain
- mustain
- mundane
- mcwain
- mcshane
- mcquain
- mclean
- mclane
How do you pronounce plain?
Pronounce plain as pleɪn.
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Sentences with plain
1. Noun, singular or mass
Turn a plain and ordinary shirt into a fashionable top with just a simple change of neckline.
2. Verb, base form
They're also just plain fun to purchase for one's own enjoyment.
3. Adjective
Another option is to glue the hologram paper onto a thick sheet of plain paper.
4. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
If the bubbly tingle is what you love, try plain seltzer water or sparkling mineral water.
5. Adverb
Or, just leave it plain.
Quotes about plain
1. A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.
- Roy Lichtenstein
3. Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!
- J.R.R. Tolkien
2. plain
adjective. ['ˈpleɪn'] not elaborate or elaborated; simple.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
3. plain
adjective. ['ˈpleɪn'] lacking patterns especially in color.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
4. plain
noun. ['ˈpleɪn'] extensive tract of level open land.
Synonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
5. plain
adjective. ['ˈpleɪn'] free from any effort to soften to disguise.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
6. plain
adjective. ['ˈpleɪn'] lacking embellishment or ornamentation.
Synonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
7. plain
adjective. ['ˈpleɪn'] not mixed with extraneous elements.
Antonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)
8. plain
adverb. ['ˈpleɪn'] unmistakably (plain' is often used informally for
plainly').
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- planum (Latin)
- plainer (Anglo-Norman)
- pleyn (English)