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plain has 32 distinct synonyms spread across 10 of its 11 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are fancy, patterned.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
not elaborate or elaborated; simple
“plain food”
lacking patterns especially in color
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
“a plain hair style”
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
“the answer is obviously wrong”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for plain come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side