What is another word for “simple”? This lesson provides a list of commonly used “simple” synonyms with ESL pictures and useful example sentences. Learning these “simple” synonyms will help you bolster your English vocabulary.
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Simple Synonym
“Simple” Definition and Examples
Meaning of “Simple”: “Simple” is an adjective that describes something easy to understand or do, not difficult
- The exam was so simple.
- I decided to make the explanation simple.
- Give me the details and make it simple.
Other Words for “Simple”
Common synonyms for “simple”.
- Clear
- Coherent
- Comprehensible
- Easy-peasy (slang)
- Effortless
- Elementary
- Intelligible
- Lucid
- Not difficult
- Painless
- Plain
- Straightforward
- Unambiguous
- Uncomplicated
- Undemanding
- Understandable
A large list of 105+ different words to use instead of “simple”.
- Absolute
- Artless
- Asinine
- Austere
- Bald
- Bare
- Basic
- Brainless
- Candid
- Chaste
- Childlike
- Cinch
- Clean
- Clear
- Coherent
- Comfortable
- Common
- Comprehensible
- Convenient
- Dense
- Difficult
- Dim-witted
- Direct
- Dull
- Dumb
- Easier
- Easy
- Easy-peasy (slang)
- Effortless
- Elemental
- Elementary
- Everyday
- Facile
- Fatuous
- Feeble-minded
- Foolish
- Frank
- Fundamental
- Green
- Guileless
- Gullible
- Hard
- Hassle-free
- Homely
- Homespun
- Honest
- Humble
- Ignorant
- Inane
- Informal
- Ingenuous
- Innocent
- Intelligible
- Just
- Light
- Lowly
- Lucid
- Mere
- Merest
- Mild
- Modest
- Naive
- Natural
- Normal
- Not difficult
- Obvious
- Only
- Open
- Ordinary
- Painless
- Piece of cake
- Plain
- Primary
- Pure
- Quiet
- Regular
- Sheer
- Silly
- Simple-minded
- Simpler
- Simplest
- Simplified
- Sincere
- Single
- Slow
- Smooth
- Soft
- Stark
- Straight
- Straightforward
- Stupid
- Unadorned
- Unadulterated
- Unaffected
- Unambiguous
- Unassuming
- Uncomplicated
- Undemanding
- Understandable
- Unembellished
- Unintelligent
- Unmistakable
- Unostentatious
- Unpretentious
- Unsophisticated
- Unvarnished
- User-friendly
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Simple Synonyms with Examples
Learn another word for “simple” with example sentences.
- Clear
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
- Coherent
This makes the music less coherent, even enigmatic.
- Comprehensible
Her writing is barely comprehensible to me.
- Easy-peasy (slang)
If we had a fight I know I’d win, easy-peasy.
- Effortless
The whole ethos of the hotel is effortless service.
- Elementary
The questions were so elementary that he easily passed the test.
- Intelligible
He gave us an intelligible explanation.
- Lucid
His explanation was lucid and to the point.
- Not difficult
It’s not difficult to score off Jim in an argument.
- Painless
There must be more painless ways of raising money.
- Plain
The problem is quite plain to us.
- Straightforward
It’s quite straightforward to get here.
- Unambiguous
Such communications should be clear and unambiguous.
- Uncomplicated
She is a beautiful, uncomplicated girl.
- Undemanding
He held a series of undemanding clerical jobs.
- Understandable
The reason for that oversight is understandable.
More examples with the word “simple”:
- The steps are simple to follow.
- They invited us to partake of their simple meal.
- This is a cheap and simple process. However there are dangers.
- Will you partake of our simple meal?
- Students are required to undertake simple experiments.
- Take time to enjoy the simple things in life.
- When we learn to treasure simple happiness, we will be winners in life.
- We usually have a simple meal at midday.
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What is another word for Simple?
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straightforward, uncomplicated
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character trait, unpretentious
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unpretentious, character trait
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feeble-minded, characteristic
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Similar words for simple:
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absolute (adjective)
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all (adjective)
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artless (adjective)
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austere (adjective)
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bare (adjective)
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benighted (adjective)
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blockheaded (adjective)
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careless (adjective)
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chaste (adjective)
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childlike (adjective)
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childlike, innocent (adjective)
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classic (adjective)
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clean (adjective)
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clear (adjective)
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comfortable (adjective)
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common (adjective)
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credulous (adjective)
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crude (adjective)
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daft (adjective)
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dense (adjective)
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difficult (adjective)
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doltish (adjective)
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dopey (adjective)
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doting (adjective)
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downright (adjective)
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down to earth (adjective)
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dry (adjective)
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dull (adjective)
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earthy (adjective)
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easy (adjective)
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easy as pie (adjective)
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economical (adjective)
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effortless (adjective)
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elegant (adjective)
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familiar (adjective)
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fatuous (adjective)
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feeble-minded (adjective)
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feeble-minded; not intelligent (adjective)
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feebleminded (adjective)
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foolish (adjective)
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forthright (adjective)
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guileless (adjective)
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gullible (adjective)
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harmless (adjective)
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homely (adjective)
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homespun (adjective)
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homey (adjective)
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humble (adjective)
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ignoble (adjective)
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ignorant (adjective)
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imbecilic (adjective)
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ingenuous (adjective)
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innocent (adjective)
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limited (adjective)
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literal (adjective)
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low (adjective)
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lowly (adjective)
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mere (adjective)
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mindless (adjective)
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modest (adjective)
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naive (adjective)
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natural (adjective)
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nominal (adjective)
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nothing to it (adjective)
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oafish (adjective)
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open-and-shut (adjective)
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ordinary (adjective)
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other relevant words (adjective)
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oversimplified (adjective)
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pastoral (adjective)
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pellucid (adjective)
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perfect (adjective)
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plain (adjective)
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practical (adjective)
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primary (adjective)
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primary/prime (adjective)
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primitive (adjective)
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pure (adjective)
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readable (adjective)
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retarded (adjective)
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rude (adjective)
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rudimentary (adjective)
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rural (adjective)
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savage (adjective)
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self-effacing (adjective)
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senseless (adjective)
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shallow (adjective)
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sheer (adjective)
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silly (adjective)
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simple-minded (adjective)
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single (adjective)
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slow (adjective)
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soft (adjective)
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softheaded (adjective)
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spartan (adjective)
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spontaneous (adjective)
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stupid (adjective)
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succinct (adjective)
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thick-witted (adjective)
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unaffected (adjective)
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unassuming (adjective)
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uncluttered, natural (adjective)
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uncomplicated (adjective)
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understandable (adjective)
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undiluted (adjective)
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unenlightened (adjective)
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unimposing (adjective)
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unintelligent (adjective)
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united (adjective)
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unmitigated (adjective)
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unoffensive (adjective)
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unostentatious (adjective)
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unprocessed (adjective)
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unqualified (adjective)
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unsoiled (adjective)
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unsuspecting (adjective)
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unvarnished (adjective)
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unwashed (adjective)
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unworldly (adjective)
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user-friendly (adjective)
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various (adjective)
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very (adjective)
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voluminous (adjective)
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acerate (noun)
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acerose (noun)
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acicular (noun)
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acuminate (noun)
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apiculate (noun)
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arrow-shaped (noun)
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bladelike (noun)
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caudate (noun)
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cordate (noun)
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cuneate (noun)
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deltoid (noun)
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dewy-eyed (noun)
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dim-witted (noun)
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dolabrate (noun)
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dolabriform (noun)
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easy (noun)
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elemental (noun)
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elliptic (noun)
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elongate (noun)
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ensiform (noun)
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fiddle-shaped (noun)
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hastate (noun)
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heart-shaped (noun)
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kidney-shaped (noun)
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lancelike (noun)
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lanceolate (noun)
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linear (noun)
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lyrate (noun)
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mooncalf (noun)
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naif (noun)
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needle-shaped (noun)
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needlelike (noun)
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nothing to it (noun)
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oblanceolate (noun)
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oblong (noun)
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obovate (noun)
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optical instrument (noun)
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orbicular (noun)
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orbiculate (noun)
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ovate (noun)
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oversimplified (noun)
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pandurate (noun)
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panduriform (noun)
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peltate (noun)
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perfoliate (noun)
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reniform (noun)
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sagittate (noun)
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sagittiform (noun)
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shield-shaped (noun)
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simpleton (noun)
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simplex (noun)
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simplified (noun)
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spatula-shaped (noun)
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spatulate (noun)
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spearhead-shaped (noun)
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sword-shaped (noun)
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swordlike (noun)
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ultimate (noun)
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unanalyzable (noun)
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uncomplicated (noun)
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undecomposable (noun)
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undecorated (noun)
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unlobed (noun)
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unproblematic (noun)
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unsubdivided (noun)
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wedge-shaped (noun)
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confused (verb)
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other relevant words (verb)
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plain
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tailor-made
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trite
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undecorated
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unstable
How to use «simple» in context?
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Antonyms for simple
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adj.
• absolute (adjective)
- no fine print,
- no holds barred,
- straight out,
- infinite,
- no catch,
- no ifs ands or buts,
- no strings attached,
- freest,
- no joke,
- entire.
• all (adjective)
- simple.
• artless (adjective)
- careless.
• austere (adjective)
- more bare bones,
- more barebones,
- un-embellished,
- most bare-bones,
- unadorned,
- most bare bones,
- un adorned,
- un-adorned,
- un embellished,
- more bare-bones,
- most barebones,
- severe.
• bare (adjective)
- more unornamented,
- meager,
- un ornamented,
- most unornamented,
- un-ornamented.
• benighted (adjective)
- un-educated,
- un educated.
• blockheaded (adjective)
- more thick skulled,
- more thickskulled,
- most thickskulled,
- most loggerheaded,
- more loggerheaded,
- thick skulled,
- more thick-skulled,
- most thick skulled,
- most thick-skulled.
• careless (adjective)
- un-studied,
- un studied.
• chaste (adjective)
- de cent,
- more intemerate,
- de-cent,
- re strained,
- re-strained,
- in experienced,
- most intemerate,
- more monogamous,
- unwed,
- un contaminated,
- un stained,
- un-contaminated,
- un-wed,
- prudish,
- un sullied,
- un-sullied,
- impotent,
- un-blemished,
- most monogamous,
- in-experienced,
- re fined,
- re-fined,
- un wed,
- un blemished,
- quietest,
- un-stained,
- un defiled,
- Quieter,
- more uncontaminated,
- neater,
- un-defiled,
- most uncontaminated.
• childlike (adjective)
- most trustful,
- un feigned,
- un-feigned,
- more trustful.
• childlike, innocent (adjective)
- basic,
- childish,
- direct,
- sincere,
- artless,
- honest,
- trusting,
- square,
- unsophisticated,
- ingenuous,
- unstudied,
- amateur,
- green,
- Unexperienced,
- bald,
- unschooled,
- undeniable,
- frank.
• classic (adjective)
- timehonored,
- vintage,
- re-presentative,
- re presentative,
- time honored.
• clean (adjective)
- neat as button,
- graceful,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- speckless,
- unpolluted,
- clear cut,
- uncluttered,
- neat as a button,
- Taintless,
- unsmudged,
- dirtless,
- spic and span,
- neat as a pin,
- well-kept,
- neat as pin.
• clear (adjective)
- open shut,
- most transpicuous,
- more apprehensible,
- more evident,
- most graspable,
- re cognizable,
- lucid,
- in controvertible,
- most unblurred,
- more pronounced,
- more transpicuous,
- recognizable,
- re-cognizable,
- un mistakable,
- un ambiguous,
- un questionable,
- obvious,
- un blurred,
- trans parent,
- ex press,
- ex-press,
- un-ambiguous,
- most recognizable,
- un-blurred,
- most apprehensible,
- trans-parent,
- explicit,
- un equivocal,
- more recognizable,
- more precise,
- spelled out,
- un-equivocal,
- un-mistakable,
- most obvious,
- more graspable,
- more unblurred,
- in-controvertible,
- un-questionable.
• comfortable (adjective)
- homey.
• common (adjective)
- in formal,
- more comformable,
- un-varied,
- prevailing,
- most unvaried,
- most worn out,
- un varied,
- trivial,
- more frequent,
- more prevalent,
- most comformable,
- in-formal,
- pre vailing,
- habitual,
- more workaday,
- pre-vailing,
- uni-versal,
- re gular,
- un distinguished,
- stereo typed,
- stereo-typed,
- un-distinguished,
- general,
- stocker,
- most workaday,
- uni versal,
- more unvaried,
- re-gular.
• credulous (adjective)
- overtrusting,
- uncritical,
- taken in,
- unsuspicious,
- swallow whole.
• crude (adjective)
- most unmatured,
- un-sorted,
- most unmilled,
- most unwrought,
- most outline,
- more prentice,
- more unproficient,
- un polished,
- un proficient,
- most unproficient,
- un formed,
- most unsorted,
- un-wrought,
- un trained,
- un graded,
- un milled,
- most prentice,
- un-taught,
- more rough-hewn,
- out line,
- un-worked,
- unmatured,
- un prepared,
- most rough hewn,
- un-matured,
- most rough-hewn,
- un worked,
- untaught,
- un-polished,
- un wrought,
- impure,
- un finished,
- un-formed,
- in rough,
- more roughhewn,
- most ungraded,
- un-proficient,
- un-developed,
- in-expert,
- un taught,
- un-finished,
- out-line,
- un-trained,
- un-milled,
- un developed,
- more rough hewn,
- un-prepared,
- more unworked,
- more unwrought,
- rough hewn,
- un-graded,
- more outline,
- in expert,
- more unmatured,
- un matured,
- more ungraded,
- more unsorted,
- more unmilled,
- rough-hewn,
- most roughhewn,
- most unworked,
- un sorted.
• daft (adjective)
- screwy,
- halfbaked,
- in the ozone,
- off the wall,
- flaky,
- out of one’s gourd,
- witless,
- bedlamite,
- whacko.
• dense (adjective)
- impassive,
- fatheaded,
- Numskulled.
• difficult (adjective)
- tough.
• doltish (adjective)
- most cloddish,
- more blockish,
- most blockish,
- more cloddish.
• dopey (adjective)
- most slumberish,
- more slumberish.
• doting (adjective)
- struck,
- fonder,
- lovesome,
- doting.
• downright (adjective)
- un disguised,
- more thoroughgoing,
- in dubitable,
- un-disguised,
- more undisguised,
- in-dubitable,
- most undisguised.
• down to earth (adjective)
- more sober minded,
- more soberminded,
- sober minded,
- most sober minded,
- down earth,
- soberminded,
- more sober-minded,
- most sober-minded,
- most soberminded.
• dry (adjective)
- draggy,
- more inelaborate,
- ho hum,
- draggier,
- in sipid,
- draggiest,
- dull as dishwater,
- in-sipid,
- most inelaborate,
- matter of fact,
- inelaborate,
- in elaborate,
- in-elaborate.
• dull (adjective)
- indolent,
- unintellectual,
- not bright.
• earthy (adjective)
- unidealistic,
- down home,
- folksy,
- home folk,
- lowbred,
- robust,
- hardboiled.
• easy (adjective)
- more painless,
- more untroublesome,
- pushover,
- more pushover,
- most apparent,
- un-involved,
- child play,
- piece cake,
- cinchest,
- most picnic,
- most painless,
- most undemanding,
- un-troublesome,
- childs play,
- in-considerable,
- snappest,
- wieldiest,
- un demanding,
- piece of cake,
- wieldier,
- un involved,
- in considerable,
- elementary,
- un-demanding,
- more undemanding,
- more picnic,
- un troublesome,
- most pushover,
- most untroublesome.
• easy as pie (adjective)
- like falling off a log,
- like falling off log,
- like shooting fish in barrel,
- like shooting fish barrel,
- like stealing candy from baby,
- like falling a log,
- like falling log,
- like shooting fish a barrel.
• economical (adjective)
- spartan.
• effortless (adjective)
- effortless,
- more cursive,
- most cursive.
• elegant (adjective)
- ostentatious,
- well-bred,
- recherche.
• familiar (adjective)
- more familiar,
- un ceremonious,
- un-ceremonious,
- repeated.
• fatuous (adjective)
- more lamebrained,
- most boneheaded,
- most lamebrained,
- more boneheaded.
• feeble-minded (adjective)
- feeble minded.
• feeble-minded; not intelligent (adjective)
- fat,
- feeble,
- ignorant,
- insensate,
- brainless,
- inexperienced,
- moronic,
- mindless,
- thick,
- inexpert,
- uneducated,
- asinine,
- inane,
- Soft-headed,
- dumb,
- shallow,
- obtuse,
- illiterate.
• feebleminded (adjective)
- Dull-witted,
- halfwitted,
- soft in the head.
• foolish (adjective)
- injudicious,
- loony,
- loopy,
- zany,
- ill-considered,
- nerdy,
- kooky,
- cockamamy,
- imbecilic.
• forthright (adjective)
- call a spade spade,
- call spade spade,
- like it is,
- like is,
- plainspoken,
- from hip,
- most directly,
- out-spoken,
- out spoken,
- call spade a spade,
- more directly,
- outspoken.
• guileless (adjective)
- Undesigning.
• gullible (adjective)
- wide-eyed,
- easily taken in,
- taking the bait,
- falling hook line and sinker,
- unsuspecting,
- tumbling for,
- unskeptical,
- kidding oneself,
- swallowing whole.
• harmless (adjective)
- more paper tiger,
- most softie,
- non toxic,
- re-liabler,
- guiltless,
- more paper-tiger,
- in-operative,
- more disarmed,
- non-irritating,
- re liabler,
- most disarmed,
- more innoxious,
- more nontoxic,
- re-liable,
- in offensive,
- non irritating,
- dis-armed,
- most nontoxic,
- in operative,
- un-objectionable,
- most pussycat,
- in-nocuous,
- most papertiger,
- in-noxious,
- most innoxious,
- papertiger,
- in-offensive,
- more hurtless,
- re liablest,
- un objectionable,
- in noxious,
- most paper-tiger,
- more nonirritating,
- more softie,
- dis armed,
- more pussycat,
- most hurtless,
- more papertiger,
- re-liablest,
- most paper tiger,
- in nocuous,
- most nonirritating.
• homely (adjective)
- more homelike,
- unpretentious,
- un pretentious,
- most homelike,
- un-pretentious.
• homespun (adjective)
- handmade,
- more handcrafted,
- most handcrafted.
• homey (adjective)
- cared for,
- snug as a bug in a rug,
- snug as bug in rug,
- Soothed.
• humble (adjective)
- proletarian,
- self-conscious,
- unambitious,
- timorous,
- menial,
- Low-born,
- reverential,
- low-ranking,
- supplicatory.
• ignoble (adjective)
- de-generate,
- scurviest,
- dis graceful,
- dis honorable,
- in famous,
- dis-graceful,
- de-graded,
- scurvier,
- most peasant,
- de graded,
- de generate,
- dis-honorable,
- more peasant.
• ignorant (adjective)
- empty-headed,
- uninformed,
- unlearned.
• imbecilic (adjective)
- more cockamamie,
- un earthliest,
- un-earthliest,
- un-earthlier,
- un-earthly,
- most cockamamie,
- un earthlier,
- un earthly.
• ingenuous (adjective)
- like babe in the woods,
- un-artful,
- un artificial,
- like babe in woods,
- like a babe the woods,
- more unartful,
- un artful,
- more unartificial,
- un-reserved,
- un schooled,
- like babe woods,
- like babe the woods,
- like a babe in woods,
- like a babe woods,
- un-schooled,
- most unartificial,
- most unartful.
• innocent (adjective)
- unmalicious,
- well-intentioned,
- wellmeant,
- offenseless,
- well-meant,
- Unhurtful,
- inobnoxious,
- uncool,
- Uninjurious,
- unfamiliar.
• limited (adjective)
- retarded.
• literal (adjective)
- to the letter,
- not figurative,
- undeviating,
- the letter,
- unexaggerated,
- unerring.
• low (adjective)
- lowborn,
- lower.
• lowly (adjective)
- unwashed,
- cast down.
• mere (adjective)
- more unmixed,
- un mixed,
- most unmixed,
- un-mixed,
- pure simple,
- pure and simple.
• mindless (adjective)
- more mooning,
- in-attentive,
- most nitwitted,
- out it,
- most brutish,
- most mooning,
- un-aware,
- most daydreaming,
- more daydreaming,
- more brutish,
- more nitwitted,
- un-mindful,
- spacedout,
- un thinking,
- un aware,
- un-thinking.
• modest (adjective)
- unassertive,
- unradical,
- unassured,
- Unboastful,
- unpretending,
- unpresuming,
- Unembroidered,
- unexcessive,
- unextravagant,
- self-effacing,
- unextreme.
• naive (adjective)
- lambest,
- un-jaded,
- more confiding,
- more unjaded,
- lamber,
- most unjaded,
- most confiding,
- patsier,
- patsiest,
- unjaded,
- un jaded.
• natural (adjective)
- more unassumed,
- in-artificial,
- un-forced,
- un forced,
- most uncontrived,
- most simplehearted,
- un-embarrassed,
- more upfront,
- more simplehearted,
- un labored,
- most up-front,
- laidback,
- most inartificial,
- more up-front,
- most unassumed,
- most unlabored,
- un embarrassed,
- more unlabored,
- un-labored,
- most upfront,
- un-contrived,
- most up front,
- more inartificial,
- un assumed,
- more uncontrived,
- un contrived,
- in artificial,
- more unembarrassed,
- most unembarrassed,
- un-assumed,
- more up front.
• nominal (adjective)
- more purported,
- socalled,
- most purported,
- most self styled,
- more self-styled,
- most puppet,
- pre-tended,
- more selfstyled,
- more puppet,
- in effect only,
- more self styled,
- self styled,
- so called,
- most selfstyled,
- most self-styled,
- selfstyled.
• nothing to it (adjective)
- nothing it,
- nothing to it.
• oafish (adjective)
- oafish,
- butterfingered,
- blunderous,
- lubberly,
- lumpish,
- undexterous,
- stumbling,
- gawkish,
- all thumbs.
• open-and-shut (adjective)
- nailed down,
- iced,
- open and shut,
- Cinched,
- self-explanatory,
- sewn up,
- in the bag,
- clear as a bell,
- cut and dried.
• ordinary (adjective)
- more unnoteworthy,
- un noteworthy,
- more white bread,
- most unmemorable,
- more unmemorable,
- so so,
- unnoteworthy,
- un remarkable,
- un-inspired,
- un inspired,
- un-eventful,
- in different,
- most white bread,
- most whitebread,
- in-different,
- most unnoteworthy,
- most characterless,
- most garden,
- more white-bread,
- un-remarkable,
- more garden,
- un memorable,
- un eventful,
- un-noteworthy,
- un-memorable,
- most white-bread,
- more whitebread.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- graspable,
- clean,
- prentice,
- pussycat,
- foolish,
- earthy,
- paper-tiger,
- pellucid,
- very same,
- dense,
- in the rough,
- homespun,
- loud enough,
- Feeble-minded,
- agronomic,
- workaday,
- vestigial,
- off top of head,
- simple-minded,
- unimposing,
- nitwitted,
- disciplined,
- senseless,
- unmemorable,
- natural,
- low,
- idiopathic,
- babe in woods,
- rude,
- nontoxic,
- no problem,
- never-failing,
- pastoral,
- apprehensible,
- softie,
- innoxious,
- out and out,
- numbskull,
- common,
- elegant,
- boneheaded,
- very,
- Inartificial,
- birdbrained,
- Unlabored,
- un-artificial,
- no great shakes,
- rustic,
- unvaried,
- literal,
- foundational,
- underivative,
- imbecile,
- a breeze,
- mentally deficient,
- rural,
- mentally defective,
- sure-enough,
- Unoffensive,
- unembarrassed,
- unqualified,
- ignoble,
- facile,
- untroublesome,
- undisguised,
- Sober-minded,
- feebleminded,
- lowly,
- unassumed,
- daft,
- out of it,
- thickskulled,
- not difficult,
- naive,
- break loose,
- featherbrained,
- unornamented,
- user-friendly,
- Mentally Handicapped,
- dumdum,
- dull,
- innocent,
- credulous,
- white bread,
- savage,
- from the hip,
- white-bread,
- unworldly,
- unmitigated,
- unintelligent,
- humble,
- slow,
- retardo,
- slumberish,
- cincher,
- wieldy,
- naked,
- Unconversant,
- cockamamie,
- scurvy,
- easily managed,
- rudimentary,
- cloddish,
- quiter,
- gorked,
- virginal,
- absolute,
- YOYO,
- atavistic,
- nominal,
- unbidden,
- wornout,
- spontaneous,
- mere,
- doltish,
- open-and-shut,
- roughly made,
- trustful,
- ADLIB,
- garden variety,
- non-toxic,
- guileless,
- unabated,
- chaste,
- inartistic,
- arcadian,
- as advertised,
- unhewn,
- unmodified,
- whitebread,
- uncontaminated,
- cornfed,
- free spirited,
- laid back,
- forthright,
- in a state of nature,
- main,
- thick-witted,
- readable,
- like shooting fish in a barrel,
- untutored,
- monogamous,
- austere,
- unprompted,
- unwrought,
- mentally slow,
- Unmilled,
- unspoilt,
- run of the mill,
- silly,
- dimwitted,
- classic,
- painless,
- handcrafted,
- modest,
- thick-skulled,
- stupid,
- Unartful,
- no trouble,
- sheepheaded,
- homelike,
- unworked,
- meat-and-potatoes,
- loggerheaded,
- easy as pie,
- nonirritating,
- being oneself,
- stark,
- not burdensome,
- barebones,
- like a babe in the woods,
- Intemerate,
- sheer,
- crude,
- blockheaded,
- like stealing candy from a baby,
- self-styled,
- upfront,
- no sweat,
- dopey,
- in name only,
- bare-bones,
- unproficient,
- unaffected,
- pure,
- underived,
- homely,
- simplehearted,
- dry,
- harmless,
- stripped down,
- easy,
- Familiar,
- gullible,
- undemanding,
- clear,
- brutish,
- Georgic,
- no bother,
- easily done,
- comformable,
- call a spade a spade,
- Dupable,
- easy as can be,
- soft,
- underachieving,
- nonliterate,
- Rustical,
- snapper,
- unsorted,
- childlike,
- blockish,
- unblurred,
- agrestic,
- Hurtless,
- characterless,
- unvarnished,
- ad lib,
- sure enough,
- plain,
- uncontrived,
- cursive,
- unalleviated,
- yo-yo,
- primary,
- single,
- without reservation,
- downright,
- unpremediated,
- no lie,
- lamebrained,
- Transpicuous,
- Unartificial,
- ordinary,
- understandable,
- corn-fed,
- Thick-headed,
- fatuous,
- not intelligent,
- up-front,
- ungraded.
• oversimplified (adjective)
- made easy,
- over simplified,
- over-simplified.
• pastoral (adjective)
- more agrestic,
- Outland,
- most agrestic,
- more outland,
- most outland.
• pellucid (adjective)
- trans lucent,
- crystalling,
- more crystalling,
- trans-lucent,
- most crystalling.
• perfect (adjective)
- Choate,
- unalloyed.
• plain (adjective)
- most muted,
- more muted.
• practical (adjective)
- down to earth.
• primary (adjective)
- most idiopathic,
- more idiopathic.
• primary/prime (adjective)
- more meat and potatoes,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- more beginning,
- most foundational,
- most beginning,
- three r,
- un derived,
- most meat and potatoes,
- most underivative,
- more underivative,
- un-derivative,
- most underived,
- under lying,
- be ginning,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- be-ginning,
- under-lying,
- more foundational,
- un derivative,
- three rs,
- most primary,
- un-derived,
- more underived.
• primitive (adjective)
- more untutored,
- more atavistic,
- most preliterate,
- non literate,
- most atavistic,
- primitive,
- un cultured,
- un-domesticated,
- most untutored,
- un cultivated,
- preliterate,
- more preliterate,
- un-tamed,
- more vestigial,
- most nonliterate,
- un learned,
- un-tutored,
- un civilized,
- un tutored,
- under developed,
- non-literate,
- more nonliterate,
- un tamed,
- un-cultivated,
- pre-literate,
- un-civilized,
- un-cultured,
- under-developed,
- un domesticated,
- un-learned,
- most vestigial,
- untamed,
- pre literate.
• pure (adjective)
- blameless,
- unblemished,
- unsullied,
- spotless,
- essential,
- faultless,
- formative,
- angelic,
- basal,
- irreducible,
- white,
- immaculate,
- nascent,
- fundamental,
- virtuous,
- prime,
- untainted,
- decent,
- primal,
- undefiled,
- twenty-four carat,
- unmingled,
- honorable,
- aboriginal,
- Simon-pure,
- untarnished,
- sinless,
- purebred,
- indivisible,
- stainless,
- unadulterated,
- undiluted,
- atomic,
- monolithic.
• readable (adjective)
- de-cipherable,
- de cipherable.
• retarded (adjective)
- more pinhead,
- more yo-yo,
- more retardo,
- most underachieving,
- most yo-yo,
- more subnormal,
- most dumbo,
- more yoyo,
- more dumbo,
- re tardo,
- sub-normal,
- more underachieving,
- re-tardo,
- more dumbbell,
- under achieving,
- most pinhead,
- subnormal,
- yo yo,
- most numbskull,
- more yo yo,
- most subnormal,
- most yo yo,
- under-achieving,
- most yoyo,
- more gorked,
- most gorked,
- sub normal,
- more dumdum,
- most dumbbell,
- more numbskull,
- most dumdum,
- most retardo.
• rude (adjective)
- in artistic,
- un hewn,
- un-conversant,
- more unconversant,
- in-artistic,
- most unfashioned,
- most unconversant,
- more unfashioned,
- most inartistic,
- un conversant,
- un fashioned,
- un-fashioned,
- most unhewn,
- Rudimental,
- un-hewn,
- more unhewn,
- more inartistic,
- roughhewn,
- Unfashioned.
• rudimentary (adjective)
- larval,
- uncompleted,
- nuts-and-bolts.
• rural (adjective)
- farmest,
- more rustical,
- most rustical,
- most georgic,
- ranchest,
- more agronomic,
- more georgic,
- most agronomic.
• savage (adjective)
- in state nature,
- un-spoiled,
- in state of nature,
- more unmodified,
- unspoiled,
- un modified,
- most unmodified,
- un spoiled,
- un-modified,
- in a state nature,
- un-restrained.
• self-effacing (adjective)
- selfeffacing,
- self effacing.
• senseless (adjective)
- unmeaning,
- Purportless,
- without rhyme or reason,
- doublespeak.
• shallow (adjective)
- frothy,
- shallower,
- emptyheaded.
• sheer (adjective)
- more altogether,
- most altogether,
- quitest.
• silly (adjective)
- in appropriate,
- most sheepheaded,
- in-appropriate,
- muddle headed,
- more sheepheaded,
- muddleheaded.
• simple-minded (adjective)
- more checked,
- more behind,
- most checked,
- most behind,
- simple minded.
• single (adjective)
- uncompounded,
- without equal,
- not public,
- not general,
- singled-out,
- unitary,
- unshared,
- singled out.
• slow (adjective)
- slowest,
- slow on the uptake,
- slow on uptake.
• soft (adjective)
- Tender-hearted,
- softer,
- overindulgent,
- easy going,
- easy-going.
• softheaded (adjective)
- softheaded.
• spartan (adjective)
- most disciplined,
- un daunted,
- un-daunted,
- more disciplined.
• spontaneous (adjective)
- more unpremediated,
- most unbidden,
- un-intentional,
- in-evitable,
- un compelled,
- un constrained,
- un-conscious,
- more unbidden,
- most unpremediated,
- most unprompted,
- un bidden,
- more unprompted,
- un controlled,
- in voluntary,
- un avoidable,
- un intentional,
- un-prompted,
- un planned,
- un-compelled,
- un-avoidable,
- un-bidden,
- un-controlled,
- in evitable,
- in-voluntary,
- un conscious,
- un-planned,
- off top head,
- un prompted.
• stupid (adjective)
- more thick headed,
- more thick-headed,
- thick headed,
- dummiest,
- most loser,
- most thick headed,
- out lunch,
- more loser,
- most thick-headed,
- dummier.
• succinct (adjective)
- casual,
- intelligible,
- unpoetical,
- prosaic,
- blunt,
- candid,
- informal,
- straightforward,
- Plain-spoken.
• thick-witted (adjective)
- thickwitted,
- thick witted.
• unaffected (adjective)
- most unspoilt,
- un-affected,
- un affected,
- un-spoilt,
- un spoilt,
- more unspoilt.
• unassuming (adjective)
- un-assuming,
- un assuming.
• uncluttered, natural (adjective)
- discreet,
- unelaborate,
- unfussy,
- vanilla,
- not complex,
- uncombined,
- undecorated,
- unembellished.
• uncomplicated (adjective)
- un-complicated,
- un complicated.
• understandable (adjective)
- more understandable.
• undiluted (adjective)
- un-diluted,
- un diluted.
• unenlightened (adjective)
- benighted.
• unimposing (adjective)
- un-imposing,
- un imposing.
• unintelligent (adjective)
- un-intelligent,
- un intelligent.
• united (adjective)
- complete,
- unified,
- solid,
- congruent,
- cohesive,
- homogeneous,
- same,
- intact,
- uniform,
- undivided,
- holistic,
- congruous,
- coherent,
- coincident,
- united,
- integrated,
- integral.
• unmitigated (adjective)
- in-tenser,
- more unalleviated,
- un-abated,
- in tense,
- in-tensest,
- most unabated,
- un-mitigated,
- un-relieved,
- un mitigated,
- in-tense,
- un bending,
- in tenser,
- un alleviated,
- most unalleviated,
- un abated,
- un relieved,
- un-bending,
- straightout,
- more unabated,
- un-alleviated.
• unoffensive (adjective)
- un-offensive,
- un offensive.
• unostentatious (adjective)
- un-ostentatious,
- un ostentatious.
• unprocessed (adjective)
- unprocessed.
• unqualified (adjective)
- more neverfailing,
- most never-failing,
- un-qualified,
- never failing,
- more never-failing,
- most neverfailing,
- un faltering,
- un-faltering,
- un qualified,
- most never failing,
- neverfailing,
- more never failing.
• unsoiled (adjective)
- cleanliest,
- un soiled,
- anti septic,
- un-soiled,
- anti-septic,
- cleanlier.
• unsuspecting (adjective)
- undoubting,
- unwarned,
- off guard.
• unvarnished (adjective)
- for real,
- Undissembled.
• unwashed (adjective)
- de-classed,
- un washed,
- un-washed,
- de classed.
• unworldly (adjective)
- more corn fed,
- babe woods,
- more cornfed,
- un worldly,
- corn fed,
- un worldliest,
- most cornfed,
- un worldlier,
- un-worldlier,
- most corn-fed,
- un-worldly,
- most corn fed,
- un-worldliest,
- more corn-fed.
• user-friendly (adjective)
- easy use,
- easy to use,
- easy to understand,
- userfriendly,
- user friendly,
- easily operated,
- easy understand.
• various (adjective)
- multiple.
• very (adjective)
- more sure-enough,
- most sure enough,
- un doubted,
- most sure-enough,
- more sure enough,
- un-doubted,
- more sureenough,
- most sureenough,
- sureenough.
• voluminous (adjective)
- ex tensive,
- more billowing,
- most swelling,
- co pious,
- more covering,
- more swelling,
- most covering,
- co-pious,
- most billowing,
- voluminous.
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n.
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•
- corporate,
- personal,
- unmixed,
- simplistic,
- collective,
- Among,
- distributed,
- unblended,
- uneven.
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•
- nondescript,
- normal,
- unremarkable,
- everyday,
- perfect,
- routine,
- unexceptional,
- mundane,
- standard,
- commonplace.
-
•
- good,
- snap,
- irreproachable,
- upstanding,
- principled,
- fine.
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•
- idiotic.
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•
- unassuming,
- evident,
- apparent,
- unostentatious,
- make sense,
- clear-cut,
- manifest.
-
•
- ability,
- half-witted,
- Weak-minded,
- trouble-free,
- come naturally/easily/easy (to someone),
- backward,
- convenient,
- slow-witted.
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•
- skip it,
- it’s a long story,
- mean,
- don’t remind me,
- no reason,
- don’t ask,
- perish the thought.
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•
- fool,
- turkey,
- Mooncalf,
- goose,
- gander,
- ninny,
- nincompoop,
- jerk,
- nerd,
- schmuck,
- tomfool,
- schmo,
- nitwit,
- ding-dong,
- softhead,
- moron,
- goof,
- cretin,
- dip.
• acerate (noun)
- acerate.
• acerose (noun)
- acerose.
• acicular (noun)
- acicular.
• acuminate (noun)
- acuminate.
• apiculate (noun)
- apiculate.
• arrow-shaped (noun)
- arrow-shaped.
• bladelike (noun)
- bladelike.
• caudate (noun)
- caudate.
• cordate (noun)
- cordate.
• cuneate (noun)
- cuneate.
• deltoid (noun)
- deltoid.
• dewy-eyed (noun)
- dewy-eyed.
• dim-witted (noun)
- dim-witted.
• dolabrate (noun)
- dolabrate.
• dolabriform (noun)
- dolabriform.
• easy (noun)
- mild,
- obscure,
- puzzling,
- manageable.
• elemental (noun)
- elemental.
• elliptic (noun)
- elliptic.
• elongate (noun)
- elongate.
• ensiform (noun)
- ensiform.
• fiddle-shaped (noun)
- fiddle-shaped.
• hastate (noun)
- hastate.
• heart-shaped (noun)
- heart-shaped.
• kidney-shaped (noun)
- kidney-shaped.
• lancelike (noun)
- lancelike.
• lanceolate (noun)
- lanceolate.
• linear (noun)
- linear.
• lyrate (noun)
- lyrate.
• mooncalf (noun)
- half wit,
- dumb oxen.
• naif (noun)
- naif.
• needle-shaped (noun)
- needle-shaped.
• needlelike (noun)
- needlelike.
• nothing to it (noun)
- a snaps,
- effortlesses,
- nothing-it,
- a breezes.
• oblanceolate (noun)
- oblanceolate.
• oblong (noun)
- oblong.
• obovate (noun)
- obovate.
• optical instrument (noun)
- lens.
• orbicular (noun)
- orbicular.
• orbiculate (noun)
- orbiculate.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- twerp,
- birdbrains,
- dunderheads,
- birdbrain,
- Geese,
- gooses,
- twerps,
- a snap,
- halfwit,
- fathead,
- lightweights,
- dunderhead,
- illiterates,
- lamebrain,
- simples,
- dumb ox,
- sillies,
- easies,
- innocents,
- fatheads.
• ovate (noun)
- ovate.
• oversimplified (noun)
- oversimplified.
• pandurate (noun)
- pandurate.
• panduriform (noun)
- panduriform.
• peltate (noun)
- peltate.
• perfoliate (noun)
- perfoliate.
• reniform (noun)
- reniform.
• sagittate (noun)
- sagittate.
• sagittiform (noun)
- sagittiform.
• shield-shaped (noun)
- shield-shaped.
• simpleton (noun)
- simpleton.
• simplex (noun)
- simplex.
• simplified (noun)
- simplified.
• spatula-shaped (noun)
- spatula-shaped.
• spatulate (noun)
- spatulate.
• spearhead-shaped (noun)
- spearhead-shaped.
• sword-shaped (noun)
- sword-shaped.
• swordlike (noun)
- swordlike.
• ultimate (noun)
- ultimate.
• unanalyzable (noun)
- unanalyzable.
• uncomplicated (noun)
- uncomplicated.
• undecomposable (noun)
- undecomposable.
• undecorated (noun)
- simply.
• unlobed (noun)
- unlobed.
• unproblematic (noun)
- unproblematic.
• unsubdivided (noun)
- unsubdivided.
• wedge-shaped (noun)
- wedge-shaped.
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v.
• confused (verb)
- twisted.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- bare,
- calm,
- mental condition.
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Other synonyms:
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•
- embarrass,
- crowded,
- mutual,
- fussy,
- web.
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•
- With,
- busy.
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•
- knot,
- comfortable.
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•
- involve,
- ease.
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•
- express.
• plain
- tasteless.
• tailor-made
- tailored.
• trite
- mickey mouse.
• undecorated
- plainly,
- functional.
• unstable
- unsettled.
How to use «Simple» in context?
life
I enjoy the simple life. It means I don’t have to waste time worrying about things I can’t change. I focus on the things I can control and enjoy the journey. I am grateful for all the blessings in my life and I don’t take them for granted. I live in the moment and appreciate the small things.
Paraphrases for Simple:
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Independent
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Foreign word
single.
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Adjective
arithmetical, casual, clean, clear-cut, comfortable, common, concise, convenient, conventional, cursory, difficult, feasible, humble, lean, low-key, manageable, menial, mild, naive, obvious, only, outright, painless, purely, rudimentary, seamless, single, slight, slim, small, smooth, soft, succinct, trivial, understandable, unsophisticated, usual, very, Rebuttable, simplifies, straight-up, rank-and-file, hassle-free, straight-forward, single-wide, single-.
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Proper noun, singular
single.
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Noun, singular or mass
briefly, simplification, single.
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Adverb
only, purely, single.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
being, coming, netting, ranging, showing, Amending, Throwing.
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Verb, past participle
complicated, pitted, simplified, turned, Delivered, Offered.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
meets.
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Verb, base form
lay.
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Foreign word
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Exclusion
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Adjective
complex.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
accessible, banal, brief, complicated, elemental, facile, mere, modest, mundane, ordinary, plain, sheer, short, simplified, user-friendly, easy-to-use, simple-to-use.
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Proper noun, singular
mere, plain, simplified, user-friendly.
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Noun, singular or mass
brief, mere, plain, simplicity, simplified, user-friendly.
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Adverb
plain.
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Interjection
single.
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Adjective
Homophones for Simple:
- semivowel, scumble, simple eye, snaffle, shameful, San Pablo, snowbell, swamp willow, simply, snowball, sample, seasonably, symphyla, shamble, shamefully, snowfall, synovial, snivel, snowplow, Skinful, snap willow, seasonable, snowmobile, snuffly, sniffly, snuffle, swamp lily, swine flu, sun valley, symbol, sinful, schnabel, sniffle.
Hyponym for Simple:
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n.
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plant
herbaceous plant, herb.
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plant
Word of the Day
Omophagic
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herbivorous,
omnivorous.
Resources
- SIMPLE synonyms at Thesaurus.com
- SIMPLE synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
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Powerthesaurus.org
— SIMPLE synonyms - Collins Dictionary — synonyms of SIMPLE
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Simple in Different Languages: Some simple things in life are so easy to overlook, such as taking the time to smell the flowers or enjoy a cup of coffee. There are so many benefits of doing these things and all you have to do is put your phone down for a few minutes. These simple things make life so much better, and you will be thankful you did them.
Simple in European Languages
Translation of word Simple in almost 42 European languages.
Different Languages | Word Simple |
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Albanian | i thjeshtë |
Basque | erraz |
Belarusian | просты |
Bosnian | jednostavan |
Bulgarian | прост |
Catalan | senzill |
Corsican | simplice |
Croatian | jednostavan |
Czech | jednoduchý |
Danish | enkel |
Dutch | eenvoudig |
Estonian | lihtne |
Finnish | yksinkertainen |
French | simple |
Frisian | ienfâldich |
Galician | simple |
German | einfach |
Greek | απλός [aplós] |
Hungarian | egyszerű |
Icelandic | Einfalt |
Irish | simplí |
Italian | semplice |
Latvian | vienkāršs |
Lithuanian | paprastas |
Luxembourgish | einfach |
Macedonian | едноставен |
Maltese | sempliċi |
Norwegian | enkel |
Polish | prosty |
Portuguese | simples |
Romanian | simplu |
Russian | просто [prosto] |
Scots Gaelic | sìmplidh |
Serbian | једноставан [jednostavan] |
Slovak | prostý |
Slovenian | preprost |
Spanish | sencillo |
Swedish | enkel |
Tatar | гади |
Ukrainian | простий [prostyy] |
Welsh | syml |
Yiddish | פּראָסט |
Translation of word Simple in almost 36 Asian languages.
Different Languages | Word Simple |
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Armenian | պարզ |
Azerbaijani | sadə |
Bengali | সহজ |
Chinese Simplified | 简单 [jiǎndān] |
Chinese Traditional | 簡單 [jiǎndān] |
Georgian | მარტივი |
Gujarati | સરળ |
Hindi | सरल |
Hmong | yooj yim |
Japanese | 単純 |
Kannada | ಸರಳ |
Kazakh | қарапайым |
Khmer | សាមញ្ញ |
Korean | 단순한 [dansunhan] |
Kyrgyz | жөнөкөй |
Lao | ງ່າຍດາຍ |
Malayalam | ലഘുവായ |
Marathi | सोपे |
Mongolian | энгийн |
Myanmar (Burmese) | လွယ်ကူသော |
Nepali | सरल |
Odia | ସରଳ |
Pashto | ساده |
Punjabi | ਆਸਾਨ |
Sindhi | سادو |
Sinhala | සරල |
Tajik | содда |
Tamil | எளிய |
Telugu | సాధారణ |
Thai | ง่าย |
Turkish | basit |
Turkmen | ýönekeý |
Urdu | سادہ |
Uyghur | ئاددىي |
Uzbek | oddiy |
Vietnamese | đơn giản |
Simple in Middle East Languages
Translation of word Simple in 4 middle eastern languages.
Different Languages | Word Simple |
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Arabic | بسيط [basit] |
Hebrew | פָּשׁוּט |
Kurdish (Kurmanji) | asan |
Persian | ساده |
Simple in African Languages
Translation of word Simple in almost 13 African languages.
Different Languages | Word Simple |
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Afrikaans | eenvoudige |
Amharic | ቀላል |
Chichewa | yosavuta |
Hausa | sauki |
Igbo | mfe |
Kinyarwanda | byoroshye |
Sesotho | e bonolo |
Shona | yakapusa |
Somali | fudud |
Swahili | rahisi |
Xhosa | elula |
Yoruba | o rọrun |
Zulu | elula |
Simple in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word Simple in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
Different Languages | Word Simple |
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Cebuano | yano nga |
Filipino | simple |
Hawaiian | maʻalahi |
Indonesian | sederhana |
Javanese | prasaja |
Malagasy | tsotra |
Malay | mudah |
Maori | ohie |
Samoan | faigofie |
Sundanese | saderhana |
Simple in Other Foreign Languages
Different Languages | Word Simple |
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Esperanto | simpla |
Haitian Creole | senp |
Latin | simplex |
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How does the adjective simple contrast with its synonyms?
Some common synonyms of simple are easy, effortless, facile, light, and smooth. While all these words mean «not demanding effort or involving difficulty,» simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent.
a simple problem in arithmetic
When could easy be used to replace simple?
The meanings of easy and simple largely overlap; however, easy is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks.
In what contexts can effortless take the place of simple?
While the synonyms effortless and simple are close in meaning, effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness.
moving with effortless grace
How are the words facile and easy related as synonyms of simple?
Facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness.
facile answers to complex questions
When is light a more appropriate choice than simple?
Although the words light and simple have much in common, light stresses freedom from what is burdensome.
When is it sensible to use smooth instead of simple?
The synonyms smooth and simple are sometimes interchangeable, but smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles.