Simply

//ˈsɪmpli//

Synonyms for "simply" (236 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (48)

Strong matches (70)

Related words (118)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

4 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

53 translations across 33 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἁπλῶς adv (in a simple manner)

Arabic

1 entries
  • بِكُلّ بَسَاطَة adv (in a simple manner)

Basque

1 entries
  • apalki adv (in a simple manner)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • просто adv (in a simple manner)
  • само adv (merely, solely)

Catalan

2 entries
  • senzillament adv (in a simple manner)
  • simplement adv (in a simple manner)

Czech

1 entries
  • jednoduše adv (in a simple manner)

Danish

1 entries
  • slet og ret adv (in a simple manner)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • simple adv (in a simple manner)

Finnish

2 entries
  • vain adv (merely, solely)
  • yksinkertaisesti adv (in a simple manner)

French

1 entries
  • simplement adv (in a simple manner)

Galician

1 entries
  • simplemente adv (in a simple manner)

German

1 entries
  • einfach adv (in a simple manner)

Greek

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  • απλά adv (in a simple manner)

Hungarian

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  • csak adv (merely, solely)
  • csupán adv (merely, solely)
  • egyszerűen adv (in a simple manner)
  • mindössze adv (merely, solely)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • einfaldlega adv (in a simple manner)

Italian

2 entries
  • in parole povere adv (in a simple manner)
  • semplicemente adv (in a simple manner)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 単に adv (in a simple manner)

Latin

3 entries
  • modo adv (merely, solely)
  • simpliciter adv (in a simple manner)
  • sōlum adv (merely, solely)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tiesiog adv (in a simple manner)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ലളിതമായി adv (in a simple manner)

Norman

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  • sîmpliément adv (in a simple manner)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • ganske enkelt adv (in a simple manner)
  • intet mindre enn adv (in a simple manner)
  • rett og slett adv (in a simple manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • simpelthen adv (in a simple manner)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • blooss adv (merely, solely)

Polish

2 entries
  • po prostu adv (in a simple manner)
  • po prostu adv (merely, solely)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • simplesmente adv (in a simple manner)

Russian

4 entries
  • попросту adv (merely, solely)
  • про́сто adv (in a simple manner)
  • просто adv (merely, solely)
  • только adv (merely, solely)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • naprosto adv (in a simple manner)

Slovene

1 entries
  • preprosto adv (in a simple manner)

Spanish

3 entries
  • sencillamente adv (in a simple manner)
  • simplemente adv (in a simple manner)
  • simplemente adv (merely, solely)

Swedish

1 entries
  • helt enkelt adv (in a simple manner)

Tamil

3 entries
  • சும்மா adv (in a simple manner)
  • சும்மா adv (merely, solely)
  • வெறுமனே adv (in a simple manner)

Turkish

2 entries
  • basitçe adv (in a simple manner)
  • sadece adv (merely, solely)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.

Source: tatoeba (1406)

There are things in this world which simply cannot be expressed in the form of words.

Source: tatoeba (2258)

Education does not consist simply in learning a lot of facts.

Source: tatoeba (19113)

Patients often die simply because they yield to their diseases.

Source: tatoeba (21063)

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