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| n. (object) | 1. champaign, field, plain | extensive tract of level open land.; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" |
| ~ olympia | a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games. |
| ~ nullarbor plain | a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center. |
| ~ serengeti, serengeti plain | a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife. |
| ~ flat | a level tract of land.; "the salt flats of Utah" |
| ~ flood plain, floodplain | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ llano | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America). |
| ~ moorland, moor | open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss. |
| ~ peneplain, peneplane | a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements. |
| ~ snowfield | a permanent wide expanse of snow. |
| ~ steppe | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia). |
| ~ tundra | a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch | a basic knitting stitch. |
| ~ knitting stitch | a stitch taken in knitting. |
| v. (communication) | 3. complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| ~ hen-peck, nag, peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints.; "She nags her husband all day long" |
| ~ backbite, bitch | say mean things. |
| ~ grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine | complain whiningly. |
| ~ gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter, croak | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" |
| ~ grouch, grumble, scold | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" |
| ~ protest | utter words of protest. |
| ~ repine | express discontent. |
| ~ beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, squawk, holler, crab | complain.; "What was he hollering about?" |
| ~ inveigh, rail | complain bitterly. |
| ~ bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament | regret strongly.; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |
| ~ report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ bleat | talk whiningly. |
| adj. | 4. apparent, evident, manifest, 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" |
| ~ obvious | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind.; "obvious errors" |
| adj. | 5. plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| ~ unadorned, undecorated | not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction. |
| ~ austere, stark, severe, stern | severely simple.; "a stark interior" |
| ~ mere, simple, bare | apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" |
| ~ chaste | pure and simple in design or style.; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers" |
| ~ dry | (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish.; "dry toast"; "dry meat" |
| ~ dry | having no adornment or coloration.; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" |
| ~ featureless | lacking distinguishing characteristics or features.; "the featureless landscape of the steppe" |
| ~ homely | plain and unpretentious.; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare" |
| ~ inelaborate, unelaborate | not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail. |
| ~ literal | avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis).; "it's the literal truth" |
| ~ simple | unornamented.; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" |
| ~ tailored, trim | severely simple in line or design.; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" |
| ~ vanilla | plain and without any extras or adornments.; "the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"; "the basic car is known as the vanilla version" |
| ~ unpretentious | lacking pretension or affectation.; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor" |
| ~ unrhetorical | not rhetorical. |
| ~ simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| adj. | 6. plain, unpatterned | lacking patterns especially in color. |
| ~ solid-colored, solid-coloured | having the same color all over. |
| adj. | 7. plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed | not mixed with extraneous elements.; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
| ~ pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind.; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" |
| adj. | 8. plain, unvarnished | free from any effort to soften to disguise.; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" |
| ~ direct | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
| adj. | 9. bare, plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation.; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" |
| ~ unadorned, undecorated | not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction. |
| adj. | 10. 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" |
| ~ unattractive | lacking beauty or charm.; "as unattractive as most mining regions" |
| adv. | 11. apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly | 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" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| simple | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. simple | any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties. |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| n. (person) | 2. simple, simpleton | a person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ airhead | a flighty scatterbrained simpleton.; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one" |
| ~ dimwit, doofus, nitwit, half-wit | a stupid incompetent person. |
| ~ dingbat | a silly empty-headed person.; "you would be a dingbat even to try it"; "yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister" |
| ~ boob, booby, pinhead, dope, dumbbell, dummy | an ignorant or foolish person. |
| ~ fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap | a person who lacks good judgment. |
| ~ changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard | a person of subnormal intelligence. |
| ~ idiot savant | person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory). |
| ~ nebbech, nebbish | (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton. |
| ~ nincompoop, ninny, poop | a stupid foolish person. |
| ~ forgetful person, scatterbrain | a flighty and disorganized person. |
| ~ schlemiel, shlemiel | (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler. |
| ~ schlep, schlepper, shlep, shlepper | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person. |
| ~ schnook, shnook | (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised.; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" |
| ~ sheep | a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon. |
| ~ space cadet | someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug). |
| ~ lame, square | someone who doesn't understand what is going on. |
| ~ dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person | a person who is not very bright.; "The economy, stupid!" |
| ~ subnormal | a person of less than normal intelligence. |
| ~ twerp, twirp, twit | someone who is regarded as contemptible. |
| adj. | 3. simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| ~ easy | posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| ~ unsubdivided, simple | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
| ~ simplex | having only one part or element.; "a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'" |
| ~ simplistic | characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity.; "a simplistic theory of the universe"; "simplistic arguments of the ruling party" |
| ~ unanalyzable, undecomposable | representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts.; "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and unanalyzable" |
| ~ uncomplicated, unsophisticated | lacking complexity.; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine" |
| adj. | 4. elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic | easy and not involved or complicated.; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" |
| ~ easy | posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" |
| adj. | 5. bare, mere, simple | apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| adj. | 6. childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" |
| ~ naif, naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
| adj. | 7. dim-witted, simple, simple-minded | lacking mental capacity and subtlety. |
| ~ retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
| adj. | 8. simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| ~ acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped | narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves. |
| ~ acuminate | (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point. |
| ~ apiculate | (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip. |
| ~ caudate | (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip. |
| ~ cordate, cordiform, heart-shaped | (of a leaf) shaped like a heart. |
| ~ cuneate, wedge-shaped | (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base. |
| ~ deltoid | triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex. |
| ~ dolabrate, dolabriform | having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver. |
| ~ elliptic | (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse. |
| ~ bladelike, ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike | shaped like a sword blade.; "the iris has an ensiform leaf" |
| ~ hastate, spearhead-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base. |
| ~ lancelike, lanceolate | (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex. |
| ~ elongate, linear | (of a leaf shape) long and narrow. |
| ~ lyrate | (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre. |
| ~ needled | of trees whose leaves are acerate. |
| ~ two-needled | (of conifers) having two needles. |
| ~ three-needled | (of conifers) having three needles. |
| ~ four-needled | (of conifers) having four needles. |
| ~ five-needled | (of conifers) having five needles. |
| ~ obtuse | (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex. |
| ~ oblanceolate | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. |
| ~ oblong | (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides. |
| ~ obovate | (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base. |
| ~ orbicular, orbiculate | circular or nearly circular. |
| ~ ovate | of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base. |
| ~ fiddle-shaped, pandurate, panduriform | (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center. |
| ~ peltate, shield-shaped | (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example). |
| ~ perfoliate | (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem. |
| ~ kidney-shaped, reniform | (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney. |
| ~ arrow-shaped, sagittate, sagittiform | (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes. |
| ~ spatula-shaped, spatulate | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base. |
| ~ unlobed | without lobes. |
| ~ simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| ~ smooth | of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. |
| adj. | 9. simple | unornamented.; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
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