simple

The word “simple” has 2 syllables: sim-ple

It's pronounced as /ˈsɪm.pəl/

What is synonym and antonym for simple?

In the thesaurus, “simple” has 385 synonyms and 250 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for simple along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for simple

absolute
absurd
airheaded
all-out
amateur
analphabetic
antiseptic
apparent
arrant
artless
asinine
au naturel
austere
authentic
aw-shucks
backward
bald
balmy
bare
basic
beguiled
believing
benighted
birdbrained
blank
bleak
blooming
bodacious
bonehead
boneheaded
boobish
brain-dead
brainless
bubbleheaded
callow
candid
careless
categoric
categorical
cheap
childish
childlike
chuckleheaded
cinch
classic
clean
clear
clear-cut
cockeyed
complete
confirmed
conservative
constant
consummate
crackpot
crashing
crazy
credulous
cretinous
cuckoo
daffy
daft
damn
damned
dark
dead
deadly
definite
dense
denuded
dewy
dewy-eyed
dim
dim-witted
dimwitted
dippy
direct
discreet
distinct
divested
doltish
dopey
dopy
dorky
dotty
downhill
downright
dreadful
dull
dumb
dunderheaded
duped
earthy
easy
easy as pie
effortless
elemental
elementary
empty-headed
endless
eternal
evident
exploitable
extraordinary
extreme
facile
fair
fallacious
fat
fatuous
featherheaded
feeble
feebleminded
flat
flat-out
fluent
fluid
folksy
fool
foolish
forthright
frank
free
free-spoken
frightful
functionally illiterate
gee-whiz
genuine
gormless
green
guileless
gullable
gulled
gullible
habitual
half-baked
half-witted
hands-down
harebrained
heedless
homely
homey
honest
hopeless
horrible
huge
humble
idealistic
idiotic
idiotical
idiotproof
ignorant
illiterate
illogical
imbecile
imbecilic
immature
impractical
impressionable
inane
incomplex
inconspicuous
inelaborate
inexperienced
inexpert
ingenuous
innocent
innumerate
insane
insensate
intelligible
invalid
inveterate
irrational
knuckleheaded
kookie
kooky
lamebrain
lamebrained
light
looney
loony
lowbrow
lowly
lucid
lunatic
lunkheaded
mad
main
malleable
manageable
manifest
mere
mild
mindless
minimalist
modest
moronic
muted
naif
naive
naked
natural
nitwitted
no problem
no sweat
nonliterate
nonsensical
not complex
not difficult
nutty
oafish
obtuse
obvious
on the level
opaque
open
open and shut
open-and-shut
openhearted
out-and-out
outright
painless
palpable
patent
perfect
perpetual
perspicuous
persuadable
persuasible
philistine
picnic
piece of cake
pinheaded
plain
plain-vanilla
plainspoken
plumb
preposterous
primitive
profound
pure
pure and simple
quick
quiet
rank
raw
ready
real
regular
restrained
royal
rude
rustic
sappy
screwball
self-explanatory
semiliterate
senseless
severe
shallow
sheer
silly
simple as abc
simple-minded
simpleminded
sincere
single
single-minded
slow
slow-witted
smooth
snap
sober
soft
soft-headed
softheaded
spartan
spontaneous
square
stark
stone
straight
straight-out
straightforward
stripped
stupid
subdued
superlative
supreme
surpassing
susceptible
terrible
terrific
thick
thick-witted
thickheaded
thorough
thoroughgoing
thoughtless
tomfool
total
transparent
tricked
true
trustful
trusting
unadorned
unadulterated
unaffected
unalloyed
unambiguous
unartificial
unblended
unchallenging
uncombined
uncomplicated
uncompounded
unconditional
uncritical
uncultivated
uncultured
undecorated
undeniable
understated
undying
uneducated
unelaborate
unembellished
unequivocal
unexperienced
unforced
unfussy
unguarded
uninformed
uninstructed
unintellectual
unintelligent
uninvolved
unknowing
unknowledgeable
unlearned
unlettered
unmistakable
unmitigated
unmixed
unobtrusive
unornamented
unostentatious
unpretending
unpretentious
unqualified
unread
unrealistic
unreasonable
unremitting
unrestricted
unschooled
unskilled
unsmart
unsophisticated
unstudied
unsuspecting
unsuspicious
untaught
unthinking
untrained
untroublesome
untutored
unvarnished
unwary
unwise
unworldly
utter
vacuous
vanilla
veritable
very
wacky
walkover
weak-minded
whacky
wide-eyed
witless
zany

Antonyms for simple

abnormal
abstruse
acquainted
acute
adorned
affected
appareled
apparelled
apt
arch
arduous
arrayed
artful
artificial
assuming
astute
aware
baroque
bedecked
bedizened
brainy
bright
brilliant
burdensome
calculating
canny
careful
cautious
cerebral
civilized
clever
cluttered
complex
complicated
convoluted
cosmopolitan
crafty
critical
crooked
cultivated
cultured
cunning
cynical
deceitful
deceptive
decked-out
decorated
demanding
designing
devious
difficult
dirty
discerning
dishonest
dissembling
dissimulating
double-dealing
doubtful
doubting
down-to-earth
dressed
dubious
educated
elaborate
embellished
embroidered
equivocal
erudite
exacting
exaggerated
exhausting
experienced
expert
extraordinary
extravagant
fake
false
familiar
fancy
fast
feigned
flamboyant
flashy
flattering
florid
forced
formidable
foxy
garish
garnished
gaudy
glittery
glitzy
grueling
gruelling
guarded
guileful
hard
hardheaded
herculean
highbrow
hyperintelligent
hypocritical
immodest
impure
incredulous
indefinite
informed
ingenious
insightful
insincere
intellectual
intelligent
intricate
involved
judicious
jumbled
keen
killer
knavish
knotty
knowing
knowledgeable
labored
laborious
learned
leary
leery
lettered
literate
logical
loud
lurid
manipulative
mature
mealymouthed
mistrustful
murderous
nimble
older
on-the-ball
onerous
oppressive
ornamented
ornate
ostentatious
overdecorated
overdone
overwrought
painful
perceptive
percipient
perspicacious
phoney
phony
polished
polluted
polyhistoric
polymath
polymathic
pragmatic
pragmatical
pretentious
problematic
problematical
prudent
qualified
questionable
quick
quick-witted
rational
realistic
reasonable
recondite
refined
resourceful
restricted
rococo
rough
sagacious
sage
sane
sapient
savvy
scheming
scholarly
schooled
sensible
severe
sharp
sharp-witted
shifty
showy
shrewd
skeptical
skilled
slick
slight
slippery
sly
smart
smooth
sober
sophisticated
sound
splashy
stiff
strained
street-smart
streetwise
strenuous
stressful
subtle
supersmart
suspecting
suspicious
swank
swanky
sycophantic
tawdry
taxing
thin
thinking
toilful
toilsome
tough
trained
tricky
trimmed
troublesome
two-faced
ultrasmart
uncertain
unchaste
unclear
uncommon
unconvinced
unctuous
underhanded
unintelligible
vague
valid
wary
watchful
well-informed
well-read
wily
wise
worldly
worldly-wise

Meanings of simple

noun
1. A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
2. (by extension) A physician.
3. A simple or atomic proposition.
4. Something not mixed or compounded.
5. A drawloom.
6. Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
7. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
verb
1. To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.
adjective
1. Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
2. Without ornamentation; plain.
3. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
4. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
5. Trivial; insignificant.
6. Feeble-minded; foolish.
7. (heading) Structurally uncomplicated.
8. Mere; not other than; being only.

Example Sentences

The instructions were clear and simple to follow.
He lives a simple life in the countryside.
This recipe is both simple and delicious.
She asked a simple question, but got a complex answer.
It's a simple design, but very effective.

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