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simpleadjective free from all additions or embellishmenta simple design, and one that never goes out of fashion bald, bare, naked, plain, plain-vanilla, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished denuded, divested, strippedau naturel, earthy, elemental, homely, natural, unsophisticatedforthright, honest, modest, unpretentiouscleanantiseptic, austere, bleak, severe, spartan, starkminimalistinconspicuous, muted, restrained, sober, subdued, toned (down), unobtrusiveconservative, quiet, understated adorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glittery, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank(or swanky), tawdrybedizened, florid, lurid, ornateexaggerated, overdecorated, overdone, overwroughtbaroque, elaborate, extravagant, ornate, rococoappareled(or apparelled), arrayed, bedecked, decked-out, dressed, embroidered, garnished, trimmed free from any intent to deceive or impress othersgrowing up in simple innocence artless, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive(or naïve), natural, real, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyedspontaneous, unforced, unstudiedcandid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguardedtrustful, trustingexploitable, gullible(also gullable), susceptible, unwary on the level affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony(also phoney), pretentious critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, warycosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wisecivilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refinedcrooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-facedarch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wilyflattering, mealymouthed, smooth, sycophantic, unctuousfeigned, forced, strained having no exceptions or restrictionsthat's the simple truth absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming(chiefly British), bodacious(Southern & Midland), categorical(also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritableconstant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremittingextreme, unrestrictedconfirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterateextraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain involving minimal difficulty or effortI got all of the answers right because it was such a simple test cheap, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, ready, royal, smooth, snap, soft idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicatedapparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling(or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesomeabstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic(also problematical), recondite lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgmentdevelopers mistakenly thought that the local residents were simple people who would sell their land for practically nothing aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf(or naif), naive(or naïve), primitive, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed callow, childish, immature, inexperienced, rawchildlike, idealistic, impractical, unrealisticbelieving, credulous, gullible(also gullable), susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguardedbeguiled, duped, gulled, trickedcareless, heedless, thoughtless cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise critical, cynical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvincedcareful, cautious, guarded, leery(also leary), wary, watchfuldown-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic(also pragmatical), realistic, soberstreet-smart, streetwise lacking in education or the knowledge gained from booksthe fact that he didn't go to college doesn't mean he's simple analphabetic, benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeableartless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, unculturedcallow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive(or naïve)unsophisticatedraw, unskilled, untrainedbrainless, dumb, idiotic(also idiotical), imbecile(or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witlessfoolish, senseless, silly educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read brilliant, intelligent, smartexperienced, expert, trainederudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath(or polymathic), scholarlycultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectualsophisticatedacquainted, aware, familiar not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readilydon't be so quick to characterize people who have trouble with computers as simple airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey(also dopy), dorky(slang), dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless(chiefly British), half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain(or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless cretinous, feebleminded, simplemindedboobish, foolish, idiotic(also idiotical), imbecile(or imbecilic), moronicignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinkingabsurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky(also kookie), loony(also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky(also whacky), zanyfallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart ingenious, resourcefulacute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wisecerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-readeducated, informed, schooled, skilled, trainedcrafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wilyjudicious, prudent, sane, sensible, soundlogical, rational, reasonable, valid simple, foolish, silly, fatuous, asinine mean actually or apparently deficient in intelligence.simple implies a degree of intelligence inadequate to cope with anything complex or involving mental effort.considered people simple who had trouble with computers foolish implies the character of being or seeming unable to use judgment, discretion, or good sense.foolish stunts silly suggests failure to act as a rational being especially by ridiculous behavior.the silly antics of revelers fatuous implies foolishness, inanity, and disregard of reality.fatuous conspiracy theories asinine suggests utter and contemptible failure to use normal rationality or perception.an asinine plot Cf. easy. in the 13th century |