Antonyms for simplest

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sim-puhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pəl

Definition of simplest

Origin : c.1200, "free from duplicity, upright, guileless; blameless, innocently harmless," also "ignorant, uneducated; unsophisticated; simple-minded, foolish," from Old French simple (12c.) "plain, decent; friendly, sweet; naive, foolish, stupid," hence "wretched, miserable," from Latin simplus, variant of simplex "simple, uncompounded," literally "onefold" (see simplex). Sense of "free from pride, humble, meek" is mid-13c. As "consisting of only one substance or ingredient" (opposite of composite or compounded) it dates from late 14c.; as "easily done" (opposite of complicated) it dates from late 15c.
From mid-14c. as "unqualified; mere; sheer;" also "clear, straightforward; easily understood." From late 14c. as "single, individual; whole." From late 14c. of clothing, etc., "modest, plain, unadorned," and of food, "plain, not sumptuous." In medicine, of fractures, etc., "lacking complications," late 14c. As a law term, "lacking additional legal stipulations, unlimited," from mid-14c.
In Middle English with wider senses than recently, e.g. "inadequate, insufficient; weak, feeble; mere; few; sad, downcast; mournful; of little value; low in price; impoverished, destitute;" of hair, "straight, not curly." As noun, "an innocent or a guileless person; a humble or modest person" (late 14c.), also "an uncompounded substance." From c.1500 as "ignorant people."

adj clear, understandable; easy
adj uncluttered, natural
adj childlike, innocent
adj feeble-minded; not intelligent

Example sentences :

It was the simplest hymn, Hester thought, she had ever heard.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

The reply was of the simplest, and it was the end of argument.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The simplest child he would no more offend than the most powerful man.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

We find that the deepest thoughts can be expressed in the simplest language.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

The discipline is of the simplest, yet, I was assured, quite efficacious.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

The questions which had to be dealt with were of the simplest nature.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Even the simplest of them—to do good to other people—is an instant and infallible specific.
Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond

Like all great inventions, the top was of the simplest construction.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

The simplest way of relief is to shrug one's shoulders and let the weight go.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Broiling is the simplest of all forms of cooking, and is essentially English.
Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen

Synonyms for simplest

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