plains

NOUN

level land

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expanse field grassland meadow plateau prairie steppe

STRONG

champaign flat heath level moor moorland tundra

WEAK

flatland open country

Example Sentences

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Satellites have photographed the far side before, but the astronauts were the first human eyes to see some parts of the far side's surface and its vast craters and lava plains.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

McMurtry was born in 1936 in Archer City, a town of a few thousand on the sunbaked and featureless plains of north-central Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Some rest over deep troughs or underwater mountains, while others lie across broad, flat plains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

India has long considered Hindu-majority Nepal as a traditional ally, with open borders along the plains.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

He spent weeks out on the vast and remote plains, working in the intense heat and rains.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple