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- pronunciation:
- sIm
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
simpler, simplest |
| definition 1: |
made of only one part or thing; unmixed.
A lever is a simple machine.- synonyms:
- plain, pure, unmixed
- antonyms:
- compound
- similar words:
- elementary, rude, single, stark, unalloyed, uncombined, uncompounded
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| definition 2: |
consisting of few parts or things, or consisting of only essential things.
It has a simple pattern of blue and white stripes.She wore a simple blue dress to the wedding.- antonyms:
- busy, complex, complicated, elaborate, involved, sophisticated
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| definition 3: |
not complex or difficult; easily done or understood.
The form is simple to fill out, so it's easy to enter the contest.- synonyms:
- easy, elementary, soft, uncomplicated
- antonyms:
- abstract, complex, complicated, dense, difficult, elaborate, formidable, frustrating, hard, knotty, tricky, troublesome
- similar words:
- basic, facile, light, manageable, obvious, plain, rude, rudimentary, snap
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| definition 4: |
without pretentions; modest.
His folks were honest, simple people who were happy with what they had in life.- synonyms:
- homely, homespun, modest, plain, unaffected, unpretentious
- antonyms:
- affected, high-flown, ostentatious, pretentious, turgid
- similar words:
- artless, bare, chaste, down-home, humble, informal, rustic, shirt-sleeve, stark, unassuming, unceremonious, unsophisticated
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| definition 5: |
ordinary or common.
The royal wedding won't be in a simple church; it will take place in the cathedral.- synonyms:
- commonplace, everyday, mundane, ordinary, unremarkable
- antonyms:
- fancy, sophisticated
- similar words:
- average, prosaic, workaday
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| definition 6: |
lacking in intelligence or cunning.
Being simple, he didn't know he was being cheated.- synonyms:
- dense, dimwitted, dull, dumb, slow, stupid, thick, thickheaded
- antonyms:
- cunning, shrewd
- similar words:
- bovine, brainless, ingenuous, naive, unintelligent, witless
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| related words: |
austere, bald, crisp, discreet, dull, dumb, effortless, idiotic, literal, lowly, mere, naked, natural, primary, prime, primitive, severe, sober, soft, straight, stupid, very |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
something simple or unmixed.
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