Classic and Plain

Classic

Classic adjective - Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated.

Plain and classic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Classic".

Plain

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

Classic and plain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Classic" instead an adjective "Plain".

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

How words are described

huge huge classic huge plain
beautiful beautiful classic beautiful plain
white white classic white plain
last last classic last plain
Other adjectives: written.

Both words in one sentence

  • He's gotten tired of changing his look over the centuries, so has opted for something classic - a plain brown hooded robe.
  • The first being classic Hollywood Law, while the second might be too, if the tear gas was in plain sight when the police officer saw it.
  • Hilarious In Hindsight / Comic Books The classic Sin City story "That Yellow Bastard" at one point has Hartigan talking about how something is "just plain damn screwy" repeatedly.
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