SIMPLE Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word simple. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for SIMPLE
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bare | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • not having a protective covering • lacking its natural or customary covering adjective satellite • having no clothes on the body • lacking in magnitude or quantity • just barely adequate or within a lower limit • apart from anything else; without additions or modifications • lacking a surface finish such as paint • providing no shelter or sustenance • having everything extraneous removed including contents • lacking embellishment or ornamentation verb • expose to view • make public • lay bare | ||||||||
childlike | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • befitting a young child • exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | ||||||||
dewy-eyed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | ||||||||
dim-witted | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking mental capacity and subtlety | ||||||||
elementary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education adjective satellite • easy and not involved or complicated • of or being the essential or basic part | ||||||||
mere | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
noun • a small pond of standing water adjective satellite • being nothing more than specified • apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | ||||||||
plain | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • not elaborate or elaborated; simple • lacking patterns especially in color noun • extensive tract of level open land • a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side adverb • unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') adjective satellite • clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment • not mixed with extraneous elements • free from any effort to soften to disguise • lacking embellishment or ornamentation • lacking in physical beauty or proportion verb • express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | ||||||||
round-eyed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity • having large round wide-open eyes | ||||||||
simple-minded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking subtlety and insight • lacking mental capacity and subtlety | ||||||||
simpleton | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person lacking intelligence or common sense | ||||||||
uncomplicated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking complexity • easy and not involved or complicated | ||||||||
unproblematic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easy and not involved or complicated | ||||||||
unsubdivided | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions | ||||||||
wide-eyed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity • (used of eyes) fully open or extended | ||||||||
onefold | ||||||||
adjective • Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme. • Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete. • Simple, plain, straightforward. • Singular, as opposite to plural. |