His story was simplicity itself.
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Simplicity
//sɪmˈplɪsɪti//
Synonyms for "simplicity" (330 found)
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Closest matches (66)
chastenesseaseeasinessingenuousnessmodestyplainnesssimplenessabatementabridgmentaffabilityagnosticismagrarianismalleviationamentiaappropriatenessarrested developmentartlessnessasceticismattenuationattic simplicity
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atticismausterenessausteritybackwardnessbaldnessbarenessblankmindednessblithering idiocybluffnessbluntnessbohemianismboorishnessbrainlessnessbucolicismcallownesscandorcasualnesschastitychildlikenesschurlishnessclarityclassical purityclassicalismclassicismcleannessclear coastclear roadclear-cutnessclearnesscloddishnesscoherencecombinationcomelinesscommon speechcommon touchcommonnesscommonplacenesscomprehensibilityconnectednessconsistencycontractioncordialitycorrectness
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (99)
cretinismcrystallinitycullibilitydampeningdampingdeceivabilitydecipherabilitydecreasedecrementdecrescencedeductiondefinitiondeflationdepreciationdepressiondignitydiminishmentdiminutiondirectnessdiscrimination
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distinctiondistinctnessdull-wittednessdullnessdupabilitydyingdying offeasy goingeasygoingnesseffortlessnesseleganceelegancyempty-headednessexplicitnessextenuationfacilenessfacilityfade outfade-outfamiliarityfelicitousnessfelicityfinishfittingnessflowflowing periodsfluencyfolksinessforthrightnessfranknessfreedomfusiongood tastegracegracefulnessgracilitygraciousnessgreenhornismgreennessguilelessnessgullibilityhalf-wittednesshiatus of learninghighroadhoaxabilityhomelinesshomespunhomeynesshomogeneityhousehold wordshumblenessidentityidiocyidiotismignoranceignorantismignorantnessimbecilityinanityindividualityindivisibilityineleganceinexperienceinfantilisminformalityinformalnessinnocenceinsanityintactnessintegralityintegrationintegrityintelligibilityinurbanityinviolabilityirreducibilityirregularity
Related words (165)
know-nothingismknowledge-gaplack of hindrancelack of informationlanguishmentleannesslesseningletuplimpidityloosenessloweringluciditymatter-of-factnessmental defectivenessmental deficiencymental handicapmental retardationminiaturizationmitigationmongolianism
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mongolismmongoloid idiocymoronismmoronitynaivenessnaivetenaivetynaturalnessnaturenaïvetyneatnessnescienceoafishnessobscurantismobtusenessoffhandednessonenessopenheartednessopennessordinarinessorganic unityoutspokennessparticularitypastoralitypellucidityperspicuitypersuadabilityplain englishplain sailingplain speakingplain speechplain styleplain wordsplane sailingpolishprofound idiocyproprietyprosaicnessprosinessprovincialismprovincialitypurityquietnessrawnessreductionrefinementrelaxationrelaxednessrestrainednessrestraintretardationretardmentroyal roadruralismrustic stylerusticitysaggingscaling downseduceabilityseemlinessselfsamenessseveritysimple-wittednesssimpleheartednesssimplemindednesssinceritysingle-heartednesssingle-mindednesssinglenesssingleness of heartsingularitysmooth roadsmooth sailingsmoothnesssobernesssociabilitysoftnesssolidaritysolidificationsoliditysparenessstarknessstraight sailingstraightforwardnessstructurestupiditysubduednesssubnormalitysubtractiontabula rasatastetastefulnesstersenesstransparencytranspicuitytrustfulnessunacquaintanceunadorned styleunadornednessunaffectednessunambiguousnessunceremoniousnessuncomplexityuncomplicatednessunconstrainednessunconstraintunconventionalityuncultivationunderstandabilityunderstatementundividednessunequivocalnessunfamiliarityunguardednessunificationuniformityunimaginativenessunintelligenceuniquenessunityunivocityunknowingunknowingnessunmistakablenessunobtrusivenessunpoeticalnessunpretentiousnessunrefinementunripenessunsophisticatednessunsophisticationunspoilednessunsuspiciousnessunwarinessvacuityvacuousnessvernacularweakeningweaknesswholenesswitlessnessyokelism
Noun(3 words)
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14 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 33 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕉𐔰𐕀𐔰𐕐 noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἁπλότης noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Arabic
1 entries- بَسَاطَة noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Belarusian
1 entries- прастата́ noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Bulgarian
4 entries- наивност noun (artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity)
- простодушие noun (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly)
- простота́ noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- простота́ noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Catalan
2 entries- simplicitat noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- simplicitat noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- ساکاری noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- فەقیر عەقڵی noun (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly)
Czech
1 entries- jednoduchost noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Esperanto
2 entries- malkomplikeco noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
- simpleco noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
French
4 entries- simplicité noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- simplicité noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
- simplicité noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- simplicité noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Galician
1 entries- simplicidade noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Georgian
4 entries- გონებაჩლუნგობა noun (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly)
- გულუბრყვილობა noun (artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity)
- მიამიტობა noun (artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity)
- სიმარტივე noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
German
1 entries- Einfachheit noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Greek
4 entries- απλοϊκότητα noun (artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity)
- απλοϊκότητα noun (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly)
- απλότητα noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- απλότητα noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Hebrew
1 entries- פשטות noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Hungarian
1 entries- egyszerűség noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Italian
4 entries- semplicità noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- semplicità noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
- semplicità noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- semplicità noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Latin
1 entries- simplicitas noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Macedonian
4 entries- едноставност noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- едноставност noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
- едноставност noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- едноставност noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Manx
2 entries- meecheeall noun (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly)
- meecheeallid noun (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly)
Middle English
1 entries- simplicite noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Old English
2 entries- ānfealdnes noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- ānfealdnes noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سادهلك noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- قولای noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Portuguese
4 entries- simplicidade noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
- simplicidade noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
- simplicidade noun (artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity)
- simplicidade noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
Russian
1 entries- простота́ noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Spanish
4 entries- llano noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- sencillez noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- sencillez noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
- simplicidad noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Swedish
3 entries- enkelhet noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
- enkelhet noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- enkelhet noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalaharan noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Thai
3 entries- ความเรียบง่าย noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- ความเรียบง่าย noun (freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness)
- ความไม่ยุ่งยาก noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Turkish
1 entries- basitlik noun (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths)
Vietnamese
3 entries- tính đơn giản noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
- tính đơn giản noun (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury)
- tính đơn giản noun (freedom from complication; efficiency)
Volapük
1 entries- balug noun (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I like the simplicity of her dress.
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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
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Simplicity in design attracts users.
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