plainness

English Thesaurus

1. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	appearance, visual aspect, appearance, visual aspect,
definition	:	outward or visible aspect of a person or thing (noun.attribute)

2. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	chasteness, restraint, simpleness, simplicity,
definition	:	lack of ornamentation (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	austereness, severeness, severity,
definition	:	extreme plainness (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	bareness, starkness,
definition	:	an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation (noun.attribute)

3. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity,
definition	:	free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression (noun.attribute)

4. the state of being unmixed with other material (noun.state)

hypernym	:	pureness, purity,
definition	:	being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material (noun.state)

5. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	homely, plain,
definition	:	lacking in physical beauty or proportion (adj.all)

6. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	bare, plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented,
definition	:	lacking embellishment or ornamentation (adj.all)

7. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous,
definition	:	(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable (adj.all)

derivation	:	apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable,
definition	:	clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (adj.all)

8. the state of being unmixed with other material (noun.state)

derivation	:	plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed,
definition	:	not mixed with extraneous elements (adj.all)

9. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	homely, plain,
definition	:	lacking in physical beauty or proportion (adj.all)

10. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	bare, plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented,
definition	:	lacking embellishment or ornamentation (adj.all)

11. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous,
definition	:	(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable (adj.all)

derivation	:	apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable,
definition	:	clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (adj.all)

12. the state of being unmixed with other material (noun.state)

derivation	:	plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed,
definition	:	not mixed with extraneous elements (adj.all)