Simple

//ˈsɪm.pəl//

Synonyms for "simple" (912 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (183)

plain bare innocent obtuse uncomplicated undecorated unsophisticated a certain absolute absurd acuminate aesthetic affable amateur an any any one apiculate arrested arrow shaped

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Adjective(74 words)

basic plain uncomplicated austere bare foolish harebrained idle light modest silly slight spartan straightforward trivial unembellished unvarnished addlebrained addlepated airheaded

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Adjective(3 words)

bare childlike dewy-eyed

Strong matches (273)

Adjective(115 words)

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dumb as an ox dumb as dirt dumber than a box of rocks dumber than a rock duncical dunderheaded earnest easy easy as 123 easy as abc easy as cake easy as falling off a log easy as pie easy as rolling off a log easy peasy easy peasy japanesey easy peasy lemon squeezy easy-breezy eath economy effortless elemental elementary empty-headed essential exoteric facile fair dinkum fatheaded fatuous feeble-minded flea-brained fleeceable for the birds forthright foundational foursquare frank frivolous fuckwitted fundamental futile fuzzy-headed fuzzy-minded gauvison genuine goofy green guileless half-brained half-witted hammer-headed headass honest idiotic idiotproof ignorable imbecilic immaterial immature inane incomplex inconsequential inconsiderable indifferent ingenuous innocent inornate insignificant insipid insipient intellectually challenged jejune jolterheaded knuckleheaded lackluster lamebrained legitimate like a duck takes to water like a fart in a windstorm like falling off a log like riding a bike like robbing a baby like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel like taking candy from a baby loony low-born lowbrow lumpish lunkheaded meager mean meatheaded mentally challenged

dim-witted dinkum direct discreet distinct dithering dolabriform dopey doting driveling drooling drug dry dull dull-witted dumb dupable dupe easily understood easy

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easy as pie easygoing effortless eggshell either elegant elemental elementary elliptic elongate empty empty headed empty-headed essential everyday excellent exclusive explicit exploitable express facile fall guy familiar fatuous feebleminded fiddle shaped finished five needled flat folksy following the letter fool foolable foolish forthright four needled frank free and easy friendly fundamental garden garden variety garden-variety gauche genuine glib gloss good graceful gracile gracious green groping guileless gull gullible half baked half-baked half-witted haymish heart shaped hoaxable homelike homely homespun homey homish homogeneous honest honest-to-god hoodwinkable household humble humble-looking humble-visaged humblest humbugable idiotic ignoble ignorant illiterate imbecile imbecilic in good taste inane inartificial incomplex individual indivisible inexperienced inexpert inferior informal ingenu ingenuous inglorious innocuous insensate integral intelligible intimate iridescent irreducible irregular kidney shaped know nothing know-nothing lanceolate lawful lean least legitimate lifelike light limpid literal lone loose loud and clear low lowest lowliest lowly lucid luminous lyrate mark matter-of-fact maundering meagre mean mellow mentally defective mentally deficient mentally handicapped mentally retarded

Adjective(2 words)

dim-witted elementary

Related words (456)

Adjective(156 words)

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numbskulled oafish obtuse on the level on the up-and-up onefold only ordinary painless paltry panglossian panglossic peabrained petty picayune picayunish piddling piddly piss-easy pissant pitiful plain-sailing pointless pratty pudding-headed puerile purblind pure quaint quarter-witted quiet restrained retarded rockheaded run-of-the-mill severe sharp as a bowling ball sheep-headed shit-for-brains simple as kiss your hand simple-hearted simple-minded simplex sincere slimline slow slow on the uptake slow-witted sluggish smooth smooth-brained soft soft in the head softheaded sottish square standard starry-eyed stolid straight straight dinkum stripped stripped down struggleless stupid thick thick as a brick thick as a plank thick as a whale omelette thick as champ thick as mince thick as pig shit thick as two short planks thick-skulled thickheaded thickwitted tin-pot trifling troublefree true trustworthy truthful two-bit unadorned unaffected unapprehensive unchallenging unclever uncomplex undecked undemanding underbrained undesigning undifficult unextravagant ungarnished unimportant unintelligent uninvolved univalent unmodified unornamented unpresuming unpretentious unsage unsmart unsophisticated untested untrimmed unweighty unwise unworldly up front upfront usual vacant vacuous vain vanilla veracious verdant veridical very virgin vulgar wet behind the ears wide-eyed witless wooden-headed woodenheaded wool-headed woolly-headed woolly-minded worthless wretched yezzy

mere mickey mouse mill mindless modest monadic mongoloid monistic monolithic moronic mother-of-pearl nacreous naive naked natural naturalistic neat needle shaped needled nescient

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nitwitted nondescript not all there nothing to it oafish oblanceolate oblong obovate obvious of a piece of choice of quality offhand offhanded one onefold opalescent open openhearted orbiculate ordinary original outspoken ovate painless pale pastel pastoral patinaed peaceful pearly pellucid perfect perfoliate perspicuous persuadable pigeon plain spoken plain-speaking plain-spoken pleasing plump polished poor primal primary primitive prosaic prosing prosy pure pure and simple quiet raw real realistic refined relaxed restrained retarded righteous rightful round round eyed royal rude rural rustic sad sap seduceable semigloss senile senseless severe sheer shield shaped silly simon pure simon-pure simple as abc simple minded simple-speaking simplehearted simpleminded simpleton simpletonian simplex simplistic sincere single single minded single-hearted single-minded singular slobbering slow slow-witted small smooth snug sober sociable soft soft-colored soft-hued softened sole solid solitary somber spare spartan spatula shaped spearhead shaped spontaneous square stark sterling straightforward strange to stupid subdued subnormal subordinate subservient subtle sucker sure enough sure-enough sweet sword shaped tasteful teachable tender tentative terse thick thickheaded three needled translucent transparent transpicuous trim true to life true to nature true to reality trustful trusting two needled unacquainted unacquainted with unadorned unadulterated unaffected unalloyed unambiguous unanalyzable unapprized unartificial unassumed unassuming unburdensome unceremonious uncluttered uncolored uncompounded uncomprehending unconcocted unconfused unconstrained uncontrived unconventional unconversant uncopied uncounterfeited undecomposable understandable understated undesigning undifferenced undifferentiated undiluted undisguised undisguising undistinguished undistorted undivided uneducated unelaborate unembellished unenhanced unenlightened unequivocal unexaggerated unexperienced unfabricated unfamiliar unfanciful unfeigned unfeigning unfictitious unflattering unguarded uniform unilluminated unimaginative unimagined unimitated unimportant uninformed uninitiated unintelligent uninvented uninvolved unique unitary univocal unknowing unlabored unlobed unmistakable unmitigated unmixed unobtrusive unofficial unornamented unostentatious unpoetical unposted unpretended unpretending unpretentious unqualified unreserved unripe unromantic unschooled unsimulated unspecious unstudied unsure unsuspecting unsuspicious unsynthetic untaught untroublesome untutored unvarnished unversed unwary unwitty upright vacuous verbal verbatim veridical verisimilar vernacular victimizable weak weak-minded well-chosen well-defined whole witless word for word word-for-word workaday workday

Adjective(7 words)

mere round-eyed simple-minded uncomplicated unproblematic unsubdivided wide-eyed

Noun(3 words)

non-mixture quintessence simpleton

How these synonyms differ

basic - 'Basic' can be neutral (basic principles) or pejorative (that's so basic). Context matters more than with 'simple.'
elementary - 'Elementary' implies foundational knowledge, it's the starting point, not the whole picture.
plain - 'Plain' as a synonym for 'simple' emphasizes lack of decoration or pretense, plain food, plain speech.
uncomplicated - 'Uncomplicated' deliberately signals the absence of complexity. It's a longer word that works when 'simple' might sound dismissive.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

8 entries

herb herbaceous plant individual mortal person somebody someone soul

Antonyms

7 entries

complex complicated compound difficult hard subtle

Synonyms

10 entries

bare innocent onefold plain round eyed simple minded simpleton uncomplicated undecorated unsuspecting

capable of

1 entries

mean not complicated

derived

80 entries

Simple Simon central simple algebra fee simple future simple gentle and simple gentle nor simple gentle or simple it's as simple as that oversimple past simple plain and simple present simple pure and simple simple English simple algebra simple as

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distinct from

3 entries

complex complicated hard

has context

11 entries

botany chemistry heading logic mathematics medicine mineralogy roman catholic technical weaving zoology

has property

1 entries

beautiful

is a

1 entries

herb

related to

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apparatus basic compound cylinders double drawloom duplicity easy feast foolish guileless heddle high pressure homogenous innocent insignificant

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similar

104 entries

acerate acerose acicular acuminate apiculate arrow shaped arrow-shaped bladelike caudate cordate cordiform cuneate

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Translations

235 translations across 108 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

eenvoudig adj (uncomplicated)

Albanian

1 entries

thjeshtë adj (uncomplicated)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

εὐήθης adj (simple-minded)
λιτός adj (uncomplicated)
ἁπλόος adj (uncomplicated)
ἁπλόος adj (simple-minded)

Arabic

4 entries

أَبْلَه adj (simple-minded)
بسيط adj (uncomplicated)
بَسِيط adj (uncomplicated)
بَسِيط adj (uncomplicated)

Aragonese

1 entries

simple adj (uncomplicated)

Armenian

4 entries

հասարակ adj (uncomplicated)
միամիտ adj (simple-minded)
պարզ adj (uncomplicated)
պարզամիտ adj (simple-minded)

Assamese

2 entries

সহজ adj (uncomplicated)
সৰল adj (uncomplicated)

Asturian

2 entries

cenciellu adj (uncomplicated)
simple adj (uncomplicated)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bəsit adj (uncomplicated)
sadə adj (uncomplicated)

Bashkir

1 entries

ябай adj (uncomplicated)

Basque

1 entries

erraz adj (uncomplicated)

Belarusian

2 entries

лёгкі adj (uncomplicated)
про́сты adj (uncomplicated)

Bengali

1 entries

সহজ adj (uncomplicated)

Breton

1 entries

eeun adj (uncomplicated)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ле́сен adj (uncomplicated)
наивен adj (simple-minded)
прост adj (uncomplicated)
простодушен adj (simple-minded)

Burmese

1 entries

ရိုး adj (uncomplicated)

Catalan

2 entries

senzill adj (uncomplicated)
simple adj (uncomplicated)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

ئاسان adj (uncomplicated)
ساکار adj (uncomplicated)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

容易 adj (uncomplicated)
簡單 /简单 adj (uncomplicated)
簡易 /简易 adj (uncomplicated)

Cornish

1 entries

sempel adj (uncomplicated)

Czech

4 entries

jednoduchý adj (uncomplicated)
jednoduchý adj (simple-minded)
lehký adj (uncomplicated)
prostý adj (uncomplicated)

Danish

2 entries

enkel adj (uncomplicated)
simpel adj (uncomplicated)

Dutch

4 entries

achterlijk adj (simple-minded)
eenvoudig adj (uncomplicated)
simpel adj (uncomplicated)
simpel adj (simple-minded)

Esperanto

2 entries

simpla adj (uncomplicated)
simplanima adj (simple-minded)

Estonian

1 entries

lihtne adj (uncomplicated)

Faroese

1 entries

einfaldur adj (uncomplicated)

Finnish

3 entries

selko adj (uncomplicated)
simppeli adj (uncomplicated)
yksinkertainen adj (uncomplicated)

French

3 entries

simple adj (uncomplicated)
simple adj (simple-minded)
simple noun (preparation from one plant)

Galician

3 entries

simple adj (uncomplicated)
simple adj (simple-minded)
sinxelo adj (uncomplicated)

Georgian

4 entries

იოლი adj (uncomplicated)
მარტივი adj (uncomplicated)
სადა adj (uncomplicated)
უბრალო adj (uncomplicated)

German

4 entries

einfach adj (uncomplicated)
einfach adj (simple-minded)
simpel adj (uncomplicated)
simpel adj (simple-minded)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 adj (uncomplicated)

Greek

1 entries

απλός adj (uncomplicated)

Gujarati

1 entries

સાદું adj (uncomplicated)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

senp adj (uncomplicated)

Hawaiian

1 entries

maʻalahi adj (uncomplicated)

Hebrew

1 entries

פשוט adj (uncomplicated)

Hindi

2 entries

आसान adj (uncomplicated)
सरल adj (uncomplicated)

Hungarian

1 entries

egyszerű adj (uncomplicated)

Hunsrik

1 entries

eenfach adj (uncomplicated)

Icelandic

2 entries

einfaldur adj (uncomplicated)
einfaldur adj (simple-minded)

Ido

1 entries

simpla adj (uncomplicated)

Indonesian

2 entries

mudah adj (uncomplicated)
sederhana adj (uncomplicated)

Interlingua

2 entries

simple adj (uncomplicated)
simplice adj (uncomplicated)

Irish

4 entries

gan chealg adj (simple-minded)
macánta adj (simple-minded)
saonta adj (simple-minded)
simplí adj (uncomplicated)

Italian

2 entries

mero adj (uncomplicated)
semplice adj (uncomplicated)

Japanese

3 entries

単純な adj (uncomplicated)
易い adj (uncomplicated)
簡単な adj (uncomplicated)

Kapampangan

4 entries

karaniuan adj (uncomplicated)
marimut adj (uncomplicated)
masaguli adj (uncomplicated)
mayan adj (uncomplicated)

Kazakh

2 entries

жеңіл adj (uncomplicated)
қарапайым adj (uncomplicated)

Khmer

1 entries

មិនពិបាក adj (uncomplicated)

Korean

1 entries

간단(簡單)하다 adj (uncomplicated)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

жеңил adj (uncomplicated)
жөнөкөй adj (uncomplicated)

Ladino

3 entries

kolay adj (uncomplicated)
sempl adj (uncomplicated)
sémpliche adj (uncomplicated)

Lao

1 entries

ງ່າຍ adj (uncomplicated)

Latin

1 entries

simplex adj (uncomplicated)

Latvian

2 entries

parasts adj (uncomplicated)
vienkāršs adj (uncomplicated)

Lithuanian

1 entries

paprastas adj (uncomplicated)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

einfach adj (uncomplicated)
liicht adj (uncomplicated)

Macedonian

3 entries

едно́ставен adj (uncomplicated)
ле́сен adj (uncomplicated)
прост adj (uncomplicated)

Malay

1 entries

mudah adj (uncomplicated)

Malayalam

1 entries

ലളിത adj (uncomplicated)

Maltese

1 entries

sempliċi adj (uncomplicated)

Manx

4 entries

giare-cheeayllagh adj (simple-minded)
macaintagh adj (uncomplicated)
meecheeallagh adj (simple-minded)
neuchialgagh adj (uncomplicated)

Marathi

2 entries

भोळा adj (simple-minded)
सरळ adj (uncomplicated)

Mirandese

1 entries

lhano adj (uncomplicated)

Mongolian

1 entries

энгийн adj (uncomplicated)

Māori

1 entries

waingōhia adj (uncomplicated)

Nepali

4 entries

सरल adj (uncomplicated)
साधा adj (uncomplicated)
साधारण adj (uncomplicated)
सीधा adj (simple-minded)

Norman

1 entries

sîmpl'ye adj (uncomplicated)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

hêsan adj (uncomplicated)
sade adj (uncomplicated)

Occitan

1 entries

simple adj (uncomplicated)

Odia

1 entries

ସରଳ adj (uncomplicated)

Old English

1 entries

ānfeald adj (uncomplicated)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

بسیط adj (uncomplicated)
بسیط adj (uncomplicated)
بیاغی adj (uncomplicated)
ساده adj (uncomplicated)

Persian

1 entries

ساده adj (uncomplicated)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

eefach adj (uncomplicated)

Polish

4 entries

lekki adj (uncomplicated)
prostak adj (simple-minded)
prosty adj (uncomplicated)
łatwy adj (uncomplicated)

Portuguese

2 entries

simples adj (uncomplicated)
simples adj (simple-minded)

Punjabi

2 entries

سادہ adj (uncomplicated)
ਸਾਦਾ adj (uncomplicated)

Romanian

3 entries

necomplicat adj (uncomplicated)
simplu adj (uncomplicated)
simplu adj (simple-minded)

Romansch

2 entries

sempel adj (uncomplicated)
simpel adj (uncomplicated)

Russian

4 entries

лёгкий adj (uncomplicated)
просто́й adj (uncomplicated)
просто́й adj (simple-minded)
простоду́шный adj (simple-minded)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

baoth adj (simple-minded)
sìmplidh adj (uncomplicated)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jȅdnostāvan adj (uncomplicated)
lak adj (uncomplicated)
prostodušan adj (simple-minded)
лак adj (uncomplicated)

Sicilian

4 entries

sèmplici adj (uncomplicated)
sèmprici adj (uncomplicated)
sìmplici adj (uncomplicated)
sìmprici adj (uncomplicated)

Silesian

1 entries

ajnfachowy adj (uncomplicated)

Slovak

3 entries

jednoduchý adj (uncomplicated)
prostý adj (uncomplicated)
ľahký adj (uncomplicated)

Slovene

3 entries

enostaven adj (uncomplicated)
lahek adj (uncomplicated)
preprost adj (uncomplicated)

Spanish

3 entries

sencillo adj (uncomplicated)
simple adj (uncomplicated)
simple noun (preparation from one plant)

Swedish

3 entries

enkel adj (uncomplicated)
enkel adj (simple-minded)
simpel adj (uncomplicated)

Tagalog

4 entries

liso adj (uncomplicated)
payak adj (uncomplicated)
simple adj (uncomplicated)
yano adj (uncomplicated)

Tajik

1 entries

сода adj (uncomplicated)

Tamil

3 entries

எளிது adj (uncomplicated)
எளிமையான adj (uncomplicated)
எளிய adj (uncomplicated)

Tatar

2 entries

беркатлы adj (uncomplicated)
гади adj (uncomplicated)

Telugu

1 entries

సరళమైన adj (uncomplicated)

Thai

1 entries

ง่าย adj (uncomplicated)

Turkish

2 entries

basit adj (uncomplicated)
sade adj (uncomplicated)

Turkmen

2 entries

sada adj (uncomplicated)
ýönekeý adj (uncomplicated)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ле́гкий adj (uncomplicated)
про́стий adj (uncomplicated)

Urdu

1 entries

آسان adj (uncomplicated)

Uzbek

2 entries

oson adj (uncomplicated)
sodda adj (uncomplicated)

Vietnamese

4 entries

giản dị adj (uncomplicated)
giản đơn adj (uncomplicated)
mộc mạc adj (uncomplicated)
đơn giản adj (uncomplicated)

Volapük

1 entries

balugik adj (uncomplicated)

Welsh

2 entries

arddun adj (uncomplicated)
syml adj (uncomplicated)

West-Frisian

1 entries

ienfâldich adj (uncomplicated)

Yiddish

4 entries

הינטערנאויוונדיק adj (simple-minded)
נאַרישעוואַטע adj (simple-minded)
פּשוט adj (uncomplicated)
תּמעוואַטע adj (simple-minded)

Yoruba

1 entries

rọrun adj (uncomplicated)

Zazaki

1 entries

gerges adj (uncomplicated)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I can't tell her now. It's not that simple anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1370)

Except that here, it's not so simple.

Source: tatoeba (1424)

Math is like love: a simple idea, but it can get complicated.

Source: tatoeba (1580)

Any universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it.

Source: tatoeba (1747)

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