Plain
Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Simplistic and plain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simplistic" instead an adjective "Plain".
Simplistic
Simplistic adjective - Characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity.
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Synonyms for Simplistic
Plain and simplistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Simplistic".
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Related pairs
- smooth and plain
- smooth and simplistic
- pure and plain
- pure and simplistic
- natural and plain
- natural and simplistic
- unpretentious and plain
- unpretentious and simplistic
- obvious and plain
- obvious and simplistic
- unsophisticated and plain
- unsophisticated and simplistic
- bare and plain
- bare and simplistic
Both words in one sentence
- He comes upon a multitude of corpses strewn like so many broken dolls, their faces frozen in abject terror, their eyes wide and staring out into nothing in horror that is plain and striking even (or especially) with Stan Sakai's deceptively simplistic art style.
- Arguably the entire ending is this, since all the player manages to do is preserve a cycle of brutal, wasteful war between two ancient religious orders with childishly simplistic moral codes who are both pawns of the same self-destructive or just plain dickish cosmic force.
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