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Synonyms & Antonyms of plain-vanilla
free from all additions or embellishment
- we decided to buy the plain-vanilla model because we don't have a lot of money to spend on extras
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Near Antonyms for plain-vanilla
- flamboyant,
- flashy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- glittery,
- glitzy,
- loud,
- ostentatious,
- showy,
- splashy,
- swank
- (or swanky),
- tawdry
- appareled
- (or apparelled),
- arrayed,
- bedecked,
- decked-out,
- dressed,
- embroidered,
- garnished,
- trimmed
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“Plain-vanilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plain-vanilla. Accessed 24 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of plain-vanilla was in 1959
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