Simplest

//ˈsɪm.pləst//

Synonyms for "simplest" (912 found)

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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

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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

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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

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Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.

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Other things being equal, the simplest explanation is the best.

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She is ignorant of even the simplest facts about science.

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She is ignorant of even the simplest fact about science.

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