'Plainness' definitions:
Definition of 'plainness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
noun
Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn: perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness]
noun
The appearance of being plain and unpretentious
noun
An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn: homeliness, plainness]
Definition of 'Plainness'
From: GCIDE
- Plainness \Plain"ness\, n. The quality or state of being plain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plainness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessibility,
- affability,
- apparentness,
- approachability,
- appropriateness,
- artlessness,
- atmospheric visibility,
- Atticism,
- austerity,
- baldness,
- bareness,
- bluffness,
- bluntness,
- Bohemianism,
- broadness,
- brusqueness,
- cacophony,
- candidness,
- candor,
- casualness,
- ceiling,
- ceiling unlimited,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- childlikeness,
- clarity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clear-cutness,
- clearness,
- clumsiness,
- coherence,
- comeliness,
- common speech,
- common touch,
- commonness,
- commonplaceness,
- communicativeness,
- connectedness,
- consistency,
- conspicuity,
- conspicuousness,
- conversableness,
- cordiality,
- correctness,
- crystal-clearness,
- crystallinity,
- defacement,
- definiteness,
- definition,
- dignity,
- directness,
- discrimination,
- disfigurement,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- dullness,
- dysphemism,
- ease,
- easiness,
- easygoingness,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- elementarity,
- evidence,
- evidentness,
- explicitness,
- extroversion,
- familiarity,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- finish,
- fittingness,
- flatness,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- folksiness,
- forthrightness,
- frankness,
- freedom,
- freeness,
- fundamentality,
- genuineness,
- good taste,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracelessness,
- gracility,
- graciousness,
- guilelessness,
- high visibility,
- homeliness,
- homespun,
- homeyness,
- homogeneity,
- household words,
- humbleness,
- humility,
- ill-favoredness,
- inelegance,
- informality,
- informalness,
- ingenuousness,
- ingloriousness,
- innocence,
- innocuousness,
- insipidness,
- integrity,
- irregularity,
- leanness,
- limpidity,
- looseness,
- low visibility,
- lowlihood,
- lowliness,
- lucidity,
- manifestness,
- matter of fact,
- matter-of-factness,
- meanness,
- meekness,
- modesty,
- monism,
- naiveness,
- naivete,
- naivety,
- naturalness,
- neatness,
- obviousness,
- offhandedness,
- oneness,
- openheartedness,
- openness,
- openness to sight,
- outgoingness,
- outspokenness,
- overtness,
- palpability,
- patentness,
- pellucidity,
- percipi,
- perspicuity,
- plain dealing,
- plain English,
- plain speaking,
- plain speech,
- plain style,
- plain words,
- plainspokenness,
- polish,
- poorness,
- prominence,
- propriety,
- prosaicism,
- prosaicness,
- prosaism,
- prose,
- prosiness,
- purity,
- refinement,
- relaxedness,
- restrainedness,
- restraint,
- roundness,
- rustic style,
- seeing,
- seemliness,
- severity,
- shapelessness,
- simpleheartedness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- sincerity,
- single-heartedness,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness,
- singleness of heart,
- smallness,
- smoothness,
- soberness,
- sociability,
- spareness,
- starkness,
- straightforwardness,
- structure,
- submissiveness,
- talkativeness,
- tangibility,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- teachableness,
- terseness,
- transparency,
- transpicuity,
- trustfulness,
- uglification,
- uglifying,
- ugliness,
- unadorned style,
- unadornedness,
- unadulteration,
- unaestheticness,
- unaffectedness,
- unambiguousness,
- unattractiveness,
- unbeautifulness,
- unceremoniousness,
- uncomeliness,
- unconstrainedness,
- unconstraint,
- unconventionality,
- unembellishedness,
- unequivocalness,
- ungainliness,
- ungracefulness,
- unguardedness,
- unhandsomeness,
- unidealism,
- uniformity,
- unimaginativeness,
- unimportance,
- unity,
- unmistakableness,
- unmixedness,
- unpleasingness,
- unpoeticalness,
- unpretentiousness,
- unprettiness,
- unquestionability,
- unrepression,
- unreserve,
- unreservedness,
- unrestraint,
- unrestriction,
- unreticence,
- unromanticism,
- unsecretiveness,
- unshapeliness,
- unsightliness,
- unsophisticatedness,
- unsophistication,
- unsuppression,
- unsuspiciousness,
- untaciturnity,
- unwariness,
- vapidity,
- vernacular,
- visibility,
- visibility unlimited,
- visibility zero
Words containing 'Plainness'
- Plain,
- Plained,
- Plaining,
- Plainly,
- Plains,
- The Plains,
- Belle Plaine,
- Cock of the plains,
- Cross Plains,
- Des Plaines,
- Dover Plains,
- Elk Plain,
- Fair Plain,
- Fort Plain,
- Garden Plain,
- Level Plains,
- Maple Plain,
- Mill Plain,
- Morris Plains,
- North Plains,
- North Plains, OR,
- Pine Plains,
- Plain City,
- Plain Dealing,
- Plain View,
- Plain battle,
- Plain chant,
- Plain chart,
- Plain dealer,
- Plain molding,
- Plain sewing,
- Plain song,
- Plain speaking,
- Plain, WI,
- Plains, GA,
- Plains, KS,
- Plains, MT,
- Plains, TX,
- Pleasant Plain,
- Pleasant Plains,
- Scotch Plains,
- Tellico Plains,
- The Plains, OH,
- The Plains, VA,
- West Plains,
- White Plains,
- alluvial plain,
- coastal plain,
- flood plain,
- great plains,
- in plain sight,
- make plain,
- nullarbor plain,
- plain English,
- plain clothes,
- plain flour,
- plain folks,
- plain of mamre,
- plain sailing,
- plain speech,
- plain spoken,
- plain stitch,
- plain turkey,
- plain wanderer,
- plain weave,
- plains indian,
- plains spadefoot,
- plains wanderer,
- plains zebra,
- salt plain,
- serengeti plain,
- Belle Plaine, IA,
- Belle Plaine, KS,
- Belle Plaine, MN,
- Cross Plains, TN,
- Cross Plains, TX,
- Cross Plains, WI,
- Des Plaines, IL,
- Dover Plains, NY,
- Elk Plain, WA,
- Fair Plain, MI,
- Fort Plain, NY,
- Garden Plain, KS,
- Level Plains, AL,
- Maple Plain, MN,
- Mill Plain, WA,
- Morris Plains, NJ,
- Pine Plains, NY,
- Plain City, OH,
- Plain City, UT,
- Plain Dealing, LA,
- Plain View, NC,
- Plain-dealing,
- Plain-hearted,
- Plain-heartedness,
- Plain-laid,
- Plain-spoken,
- Pleasant Plain, IA,
- Pleasant Plain, OH,
- Pleasant Plains, AR,
- Pleasant Plains, IL,
- Scotch Plains, NJ,
- Tellico Plains, TN,
- West Plains, MO,
- White Plains, GA,
- White Plains, KY,
- White Plains, NC,
- White Plains, NY,
- great plains paintbrush,
- plain-woven,
- plains lemon monarda,
- plains pocket gopher,
- plains pocket mouse,
- great plains of north america