plainness

plainness

noun

Definition of PLAINNESS

1

the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions <his unabashed plainness in telling people exactly what he thought of them was often offensive>

Synonyms bluntness, candidness, directness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, plainspokenness, plumpness, straightforwardness, unguardedness, unreserve, unreservedness

Related Words earnestness, sincerity, sobriety; artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete or naivet{eacute}), simplicity, unsophistication; communicativeness, freedom, license (or licence), uninhibitedeness, unrestrainedness, unrestraint

Near Antonyms circuitousness, evasiveness, secretiveness; inhibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, shyness; diplomacy, tact

Antonyms dissembling, dissimulation, indirection

2

the quality or state of having a form or structure of few parts or elements <the plainness and clean lines of that coffeemaker make it a piece of modern sculpture as well as a kitchen appliance>

Synonyms plainness, unsophistication

Related Words homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity, unity

Antonyms complexity, complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, sophistication