Definition for Plainness:

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; " fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"

Synonyms for Plainness:

• n.

  •
  • clear.
  •
  • plain.
  •artlessness (noun)
  • frankness,
  • artlessness,
  • openness,
  • sincerity,
  • unartfulness,
  • genuineness,
  • un-artificiality,
  • callowness,
  • trust,
  • broadness,
  • candidness,
  • naturalness,
  • unaffectedness,
  • plain-spokenness,
  • candor,
  • naivete,
  • unsophistication.
  •attribute (noun)
  • plainness.
  •austerity (noun)
  • dournesses,
  • baldnesses,
  • un adornment,
  • sparenesses,
  • spartanisms,
  • unadornments,
  • un adornments,
  • un-adornment,
  • primitivenesses,
  • rusticisms,
  • starknesses,
  • un-adornments.
  •clarity (noun)
  • brightness,
  • articulateness,
  • transparency,
  • lucidity,
  • precision,
  • exactitude,
  • accuracy,
  • prominence,
  • definition,
  • tangibility,
  • palpability,
  • simplicity,
  • clearness,
  • certainty.
  •homeliness (noun)
  • homeliness.
  •honesty (noun)
  • self respect,
  • evenhandednesses,
  • reputabilities,
  • self-respects,
  • straightforwardnesses,
  • bluntnesses,
  • up-rightnesses,
  • impeccabilities,
  • straightnesses,
  • outspokennesses,
  • up rightnesses,
  • up rightness,
  • selfrespect,
  • trustworthinesses,
  • trustinesses,
  • up-rightness.
  •humility (noun)
  • meekness,
  • modesty,
  • unpretentiousness,
  • selflessness,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • submissiveness,
  • humility,
  • sheepishness,
  • contrition,
  • humbleness,
  • unassumingness.
  •prose (noun)
  • myth,
  • narrative,
  • saga,
  • account,
  • scenario,
  • novel,
  • yarn,
  • romance,
  • reading matter,
  • recount,
  • short story,
  • legend,
  • parable,
  • prosaicness,
  • novella,
  • epic,
  • plot,
  • episode,
  • prose,
  • serial,
  • storyline,
  • reminiscence,
  • tale,
  • story,
  • fiction,
  • chronicle,
  • fable,
  • allegory,
  • retelling,
  • anecdote.
  •simpleness (noun)
  • discreetnesses,
  • economicalnesses.
  •simplicity (noun)
  • chastity,
  • terseness,
  • bareness,
  • innocence,
  • crystallinity,
  • singleness,
  • refinement.
  •tastelessness (noun)
  • insipidity,
  • staleness,
  • weakness,
  • mildness,
  • banality,
  • vapidity,
  • flatness,
  • unsavoriness,
  • tastelessness,
  • blandness.
  •ugliness (noun)
  • hideousness,
  • inelegance,
  • displeasingness,
  • odiousness,
  • unsightliness,
  • repulsiveness,
  • grotesqueness,
  • repugnant,
  • abhorrence,
  • disagreeableness,
  • shapelessness.
  •unostentatiousness (noun)
  • un-ostentatiousness,
  • un ostentatiousnesses,
  • un ostentatiousness,
  • un-ostentatiousnesses.
  •unpretentiousness (noun)
  • un pretentiousnesses,
  • un pretentiousness,
  • un-pretentiousnesses,
  • un-pretentiousness.
  •unsightliness (noun)
  • un sightlinesses,
  • un sightliness,
  • un-sightlinesses,
  • un-sightliness.
  •visibility (noun)
  • manifestation,
  • apparentness,
  • discernibility,
  • observability,
  • visibility.

• Other synonyms:

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  • simpleness,
  • unostentatiousness.
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  • decoration.

Antonyms for Plainness:

• n.

  • clarity
    imprecision, ambiguity, inexactness, inaccuracy.
  • Other antonyms:
    dissimulation, reserve, Intricateness, diplomacy, Complicacy, complicatedness, evasiveness, inhibition, indirection, dissembling, reticence, shyness, restraint, complication, complexness, intricacy, sophistication, tact, complexity, circuitousness, elaborateness, secretiveness.

Plainness Sentence Examples:

• They affected all possible plainness and sanctity.

• The praise of a critic who had courage to point out his defects pleased him; and plainness of speech excited in him no hostility.

Hypernym for Plainness:

• n.

  • attribute
    austereness, simpleness, chasteness, simplicity, severeness, bareness, severity, restraint, starkness.

Hyponym for Plainness:

• n.

  • attribute
    appearance, visual aspect.
  • state
    pureness, purity.