Enigmatic and Plain

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Enigmatic adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.

Usage example: the discovery of the abandoned ship in mid ocean remains one of the most enigmatic episodes in seafaring history

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Plain is an antonym for enigmatic in mysterious topic.

Plain adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.

Usage example: let me make my meaning plain

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Enigmatic is an antonym for plain.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

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Plain and Enigmatic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/enigmatic/plain

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