simple

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. elementary, uncomplicated; plain, common; unassuming, humble, unaffected; pure, absolute; gullible, silly. See simpleness, humility, folly, purity.Ant., complex, complicated, difficult.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Not complicated]

Syn. single, unmixed, unblended, mere, uncompounded, unalloyed, unadulterated, not complex, uncomplicated, without confusion, simplistic, not confusing, pure.

2. [Plain]

Syn. unadorned, unaffected, homely; see modest 2 .

3. [Easy]

Syn. easy, not difficult, mild, of little difficulty, not arduous, done with ease, with Great facility, manageable, presenting no difficulty, not puzzling; see also easy 2 .

Ant. obscure*, puzzling, difficult*.

4. [Stupid]

Syn. inane, dull, ignorant; see shallow 2 , stupid 1 .

5. [Unsophisticated]

Syn. ingenuous, plain, artless; see innocent 1 , naive .

See Synonym Study at easy .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. easy *child's play, effortless, *cinchy, *a cinch, *a snap , *like falling off a log, *piece of cake, understandable, clear, straightforward, uncomplicated.

2. mere bare, sheer, pure, utter.

3. plain unadorned, unembellished, spare, bare, clean, austere, modest, humble, Spartan.

4. innocent artless, unsophisticated, down-to-earth, childlike, natural, naive, ingenuous, honest, real.

5. stupid foolish, dense, dull, dumb, moronic, slow, bovine, ignorant, witless, *clue-less.

ANT.: 1. hard, difficult, complicated, com-plex.2.qualified. 3. ornate, fancy, embellished. 4. sophisticated, artful, disingenuous. 5. smart, sharp, *on the ball

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Free from extraneous elements: absolute, perfect, plain, pure, sheer2, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN. 2. Posing no difficulty: easy, effortless, facile, smooth. Informal: snap. Idioms: easy as ABC, easy as falling off a log, easy as one-two-three, easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby, nothing to it. See EASY. 3. Without addition, decoration, or qualification: bald, bare, dry, plain, unadorned, unvarnished. See PLAIN. 4. Not elaborate or showy, as in appearance or style: modest, plain, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious. See PLAIN. 5. Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted. Informal: soft. Offensive: feeble-minded, halfwitted, retarded, weak-minded. See ABILITY. 6. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See HONEST. 7. Of little distinction: humble, lowly, mean2. See PLAIN. II noun One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal: dope, gander, goose. Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ABILITY.