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free from all additions or embellishment<I like my hamburgers plain, with no ketchup or relish><just give us the plain facts and none of your snide comments>Synonymsbald, bare, naked, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unvarnishedRelated Wordschaste, modest; unexaggerated, unsophisticated; denuded, divested, stripped; dry, laconic, terse; unpretentious; austere, bleak, severe, spartan, stark; inconspicuous, muted, restrained, subdued, toned (down), unobtrusive; conservative, quiet, understatedNear Antonymsflamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glittery, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry; bedizened, florid, lurid, ornate; exaggerated, overdecorated, overdone, overwrought; baroque, extravagant, rococo; arrayed, bedecked, decked-out, dressed, garnished, trimmedAntonymsadorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented
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free from added matter<Iʼd prefer my pasta plain, not flavored with tomato or spinach or anything else>— see pure 1
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free in expressing oneʼs true feelings and opinions<the piano teacher is honest and plain, if not always tactful>— see frank
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going straight to the point clearly and firmly<a plain report on the current situation>— see straightforward 1
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not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation<let me make my meaning plain>— see clear 2
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