Hidden and Plain

Hidden

Hidden adjective - Screened or sequestered from view.

Plain is an antonym for hidden in unseen topic.

Plain

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

Hidden is an antonym for plain in topics: clear, normal, ugly, unembellished, straightforward in speech.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye The FBI team brings in a special expert on these types of hidden-in-plain-sight messages to help decode the communications.
  • Comic Book / Meanwhile Also the alternate ending, an infinite loop hidden in plain sight on one page spread.
  • Hidden in Plain Sight In Jack McDevitt's Infinity Beach, both major MacGuffins — the unaltered Hunter logs and the alien spaceship — turn out to be hidden in plain sight.
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