Synonyms: knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch
Definition: a basic knitting stitch
Similar words: knitting stitch
Definition: a stitch taken in knitting
Synonyms: plain, champaign, field
Definition: extensive tract of level open land
Usage: they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain; he longed for the fields of his youth
Similar words: land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, dry land, earth
Definition: the solid part of the earth's surface
Usage: 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
Synonyms: unembellished, unornamented, plain, bare, spare
Definition: lacking embellishment or ornamentation
Usage: a plain hair style; unembellished white walls; functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
Similar words: unadorned, undecorated
Definition: not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction
Definition: lacking in physical beauty or proportion
Usage: a homely child; several of the buildings were downright homely; a plain girl with a freckled face
Similar words: unattractive
Definition: lacking beauty or charm
Usage: as unattractive as most mining regions
Synonyms: unvarnished, plain
Definition: free from any effort to soften to disguise
Usage: the plain and unvarnished truth; the unvarnished candor of old people and children
Similar words: direct
Definition: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Usage: a direct question; a direct response; a direct approach
Synonyms: patent, unmistakable, apparent, plain, manifest, evident
Definition: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Usage: 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
Similar words: obvious
Definition: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
Usage: obvious errors
Synonyms: unpatterned, plain
Definition: lacking patterns especially in color
Similar words: solid-colored, solid-coloured
Definition: having the same color all over
Synonyms: plain
Definition: not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Usage: plain food; stuck to the plain facts; a plain blue suit; a plain rectangular brick building
Similar words: stern, austere, stark, severe
Definition: severely simple
Usage: a stark interior
Similar words: simple, mere, bare
Definition: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
Usage: only the bare facts; shocked by the mere idea; the simple passage of time was enough; the simple truth
Similar words: chaste
Definition: pure and simple in design or style
Usage: a chaste border of conventionalized flowers
Similar words: dry
Definition: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
Usage: dry toast; dry meat
Similar words: dry
Definition: having no adornment or coloration
Usage: dry facts; rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
Similar words: featureless
Definition: lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
Usage: the featureless landscape of the steppe
Similar words: homely
Definition: plain and unpretentious
Usage: homely truths; letters to his son full of homely advice; homely fare
Similar words: inelaborate, unelaborate
Definition: not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail
Similar words: literal
Definition: avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
Usage: it's the literal truth
Similar words: simple
Definition: unornamented
Usage: a simple country schoolhouse; her black dress--simple to austerity
Definition: severely simple in line or design
Usage: a neat tailored suit; tailored curtains
Similar words: vanilla
Definition: plain and without any extras or adornments
Usage: the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond; the basic car is known as the vanilla version
Synonyms: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
Definition: not mixed with extraneous elements
Usage: plain water; sheer wine; not an unmixed blessing
Similar words: pure
Definition: free of extraneous elements of any kind
Usage: pure air and water; pure gold; pure primary colors; the violin's pure and lovely song; pure tones; pure oxygen