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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 |
adverb + (adj.)simple
anything, deceptively, elegantly, fairly, pretty, relatively, remarkably, seemingly, that
(adj.)simple
+ noun
algorithm,
analogy,
answer,
arithmetic,
calculation,
carbohydrate,
chord,
chore,
dessert,
device,
dichotomy,
dish,
elegance,
equation,
expedient,
explanation,
fare,
fix,
formula,
gesture,
interface,
logic,
majority,
math,
matter,
melody,
menu,
modification,
organism,
pleasure,
precaution,
premise,
reason,
recipe,
regression,
remedy,
rule,
salad,
sentence,
setup,
solution,
syrup,
task,
technique,
trick,
truth
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
something simple or unmixed.
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adjective + (n.)simple
holistic, metaphysical, mild, other, pharmaceutical, plain
verb + (n.)simple
brew, combat, find, furnish, signify
noun + (n.)simple
abandonment, aggregate, biology, cabbage, con, delight, demon, feminism, headache, herb, interior, marsh, mil, name, obsession, pare, peg, plant, practitioner, thesis
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