Dictionary Entry
plain
plain is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adverb, adjective, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lament; to bewail; to complain. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 28 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To lament; to bewail; to complain.
- 2transitive verb
To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
- 3superlative
Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
- 4superlative
Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
- 5superlative
Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
- 6superlative
Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
- 7superlative
Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
- 8superlative
Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
- 9superlative
Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
- 10superlative
Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
- 11superlative
Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
- 12superlative
Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
- 13adverb
In a plain manner; plainly.
- 14adjective
Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
- 15adjective
A field of battle.
- 16verb
To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
- 17verb
To make plain or manifest; to explain.
- 18noun
a basic knitting stitch
Synonyms
- 19noun
extensive tract of level open land
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
"he longed for the fields of his youth"
- 20verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"
"She has a lot to kick about"
- 21adjective
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"a plain hair style"
"unembellished white walls"
- 22adjective
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
"a homely child"
"several of the buildings were downright homely"
Synonyms
- 23adjective
free from any effort to soften to disguise
"the plain and unvarnished truth"
"the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
Synonyms
- 24adjective
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
"evident hostility"
- 25adjective
lacking patterns especially in color
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- 26adjective
not elaborate or elaborated; simple
"plain food"
"stuck to the plain facts"
- 27adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"
"sheer wine"
- 28adverb
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
"the answer is obviously wrong"
"she was in bed and evidently in great pain"
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