Antonyms for simplify
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sim-pluh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pləˌfaɪ |
Definition of simplify
Origin :- 1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified; simplifying.
- verb make easy, intelligible
- Can we not simplify life as we are simplifying the machinery of industry?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- And when the world is ripe for it another will come and simplify that.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Special fittings are provided to simplify the work of burning.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Perhaps some may ask what harm it will do, to simplify language, when talking to children.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
- All I ask is that you should simplify the matter by telling me what occurred at your interview.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- I would then at once simplify my life and that of those whom I can directly reach.
- Extract from : « Third class in Indian railways » by Mahatma Gandhi
- That will simplify the whole matter, and trouble will cease.
- Extract from : « Is Shakespeare Dead? » by Mark Twain
- Then, too, it will simplify matters when you get to your lodgings.
- Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis
- The hand of time had played over her freely, but only to simplify.
- Extract from : « The Real Thing and Other Tales » by Henry James
- It would also simplify the bookkeeping of the commercial house.
- Extract from : « Godfrey Morgan » by Jules Verne
Synonyms for simplify
- abridge
- analyze
- boil down
- break down
- break it down
- chasten
- clarify
- clean it up
- clean up
- clear up
- cut down
- cut the frills
- decipher
- disentangle
- disinvolve
- draw a picture
- elucidate
- explain
- facilitate
- get down to basics
- get to the meat
- hit the high spots
- interpret
- lay out
- let daylight in
- let sunlight in
- make clear
- make perfectly clear
- make plain
- order
- put in a nutshell
- put one straight
- reduce
- shorten
- spell out
- streamline
- unscramble
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