plain

/pleɪn/

adjectivenounadverbplain

It’s “plain” as day: P + L + AIN (like “rain” without the R).

Yes, it's plain. Remember the vowel team **ai** says /ā/ in **plain**.

Definitions

  1. adjectivesimple and not fancy; without extra decoration
  2. adjectiveeasy to see or understand; clear
  3. nouna large area of flat land with few trees
  4. adverbcompletely; simply (often used for emphasis, as in “plain wrong”)

Examples

  • “She wore a plain white T-shirt to school.”
  • “The teacher made the directions plain so everyone could follow them.”
  • “Buffalo once roamed across the wide plains of the Midwest.”

Synonyms

simpleclearordinaryunadornedobvious

Antonyms

fancyornatecomplicated

Translations

ES sencillo; llanuraPT simples; planícieFR simple; plaine

Common misspellings

planplianplaineplaenplaineeplaim

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