Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) plain, field, champaign (extensive tract of level open land) "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
S: (n) knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch (a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side)
Verb
S: (v) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness) "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Adjective
S: (adj) apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable (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"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"
S: (adj) plain (not elaborate or elaborated; simple) "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
S: (adj) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed (not mixed with extraneous elements) "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
S: (adj) plain, unvarnished (free from any effort to soften to disguise) "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
S: (adj) plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented (lacking embellishment or ornamentation) "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
S: (adj) homely, plain (lacking in physical beauty or proportion) "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
Adverb
S: (adv) obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain (unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')) "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"