All simple synonyms
simΒ·ple
S s adj simple
- dense β Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
- inartistic β lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
- dupable β a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- lamebrained β a dunce; booby; fool.
- ingenuous β free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
- garden variety β common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- intemerate β inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.
- all thumbs β clumsy
- gullible β easily deceived or cheated.
- easy going β calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- cinched β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- choate β Rufus1799-1859; U.S. lawyer
- larval β of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- austere β If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- literal β in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
- dopey β stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
- dull as dishwater β water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- credulous β If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- atavistic β Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- downright β thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- lowbred β characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
- down home β of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
- brutish β If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- careless β If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- homey β comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- idiopathic β of unknown cause, as a disease.
- chaste β If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- dumdum β a silly, stupid person.
noun simple
adjective simple
- naive β having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- improv β improvisation.
- cinch β If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
- offenseless β without offense.
- minimalist β a person who favors a moderate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or who holds minimal expectations for the success of a program.
- dirtless β Free of dirt.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- monkish β of, relating to, or resembling a monk: a monkish manner.
- oafish β a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- cincher β Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- mono β infectious mononucleosis.
- inelaborate β Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
- neat β in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- yoyo β a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- elementary β Of or relating to the most rudimentary aspects of a subject.