Antonyms for simple
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : sim-puhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pəl |
- abnormal
- abstruse
- aware
- cluttered
- complex
- complicated
- convoluted
- decorated
- devious
- difficult
- dirty
- dishonest
- embellished
- exacting
- extraordinary
- hard
- immodest
- impure
- indefinite
- intelligent
- intricate
- involved
- jumbled
- mature
- older
- on-the-ball
- ornate
- polluted
- slight
- smart
- sophisticated
- thin
- unchaste
- unclear
- uncommon
- unintelligible
- vague
Definition of simple
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
- After all, it was not a simple thing to put Bill Dozier off the trail.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- His program was as simple as the curriculum of a Persian youth.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Until the furies got hold of him he was a simple soul, content with simple things.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- I see myself a singer of simple songs, a laureate of the under-dog.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Two against three would be a simple thing, as long as he was one of the two.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The method of working with it was simple in idea, however difficult in practice.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Many a one imitates simplicity, but Amy was simple—one-fold.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Simple Alleyne opened his eyes at this little spurt of feminine bitterness.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Her words were simple enough, but they touched to the heart of the man accused by them.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The declaration, simple as it was, aroused the official to new indignation.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Synonyms for simple
- absolute
- amateur
- artless
- asinine
- austere
- backward
- bald
- basic
- brainless
- child's play
- childish
- cinch
- classic
- clean
- credulous
- dense
- dimwitted
- direct
- discreet
- dull
- dumb
- easy as pie
- effortless
- elementary
- facile
- fat
- feeble
- folksy
- foolish
- frank
- green
- guileless
- gullible
- half-witted
- homely
- homey
- honest
- humble
- idiotic
- ignorant
- illiterate
- imbecile
- inane
- incomplex
- inelaborate
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- ingenuous
- insensate
- intelligible
- light
- lowly
- lucid
- manageable
- mere
- mild
- mindless
- modest
- moronic
- naive
- naked
- natural
- nitwitted
- no problem
- no sweat
- not complex
- not difficult
- obtuse
- open and shut
- picnic
- piece of cake
- plain
- pure
- pure and simple
- quiet
- rustic
- self-explanatory
- senseless
- shallow
- sheer
- silly
- simple as ABC
- simple-minded
- sincere
- single
- slow
- smooth
- snap
- soft
- soft-headed
- spartan
- square
- stark
- straightforward
- stupid
- thick
- transparent
- trusting
- unadorned
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unalloyed
- unartificial
- unblended
- uncombined
- uncomplicated
- uncompounded
- undecorated
- undeniable
- uneducated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unexperienced
- unfussy
- unintelligent
- uninvolved
- unmistakable
- unmitigated
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unqualified
- unschooled
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- untroublesome
- unvarnished
- vanilla
- walkover
- witless
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