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simpler |
Overview of adj simple The adj simple has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (65) simple -- (having few parts not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance") 2. (10) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic -- (easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem") 3. (4) bare, mere, simple -- (apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth") 4. (2) childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple -- (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewey-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy") 5. (1) dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded -- (lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety) 6. simple, unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions) 7. simple -- (not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity") Antonyms of adj simple 7 senses of simple Sense 1 simple (vs. complex) complex (vs. simple) => analyzable, decomposable => Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous => colonial, compound => complicated => composite => compound => gordian => interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven => labyrinthine, labyrinthian, mazy => multifactorial => multiplex => thickening Sense 2 elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic INDIRECT (VIA easy) -> difficult, hard Sense 3 bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Sense 4 childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple INDIRECT (VIA naive) -> sophisticated Sense 5 dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded INDIRECT (VIA retarded) -> precocious Sense 6 simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided compound (vs. simple) => bilobate, bilobated, bilobed => binate => bipinnate => cleft, dissected => conjugate => decompound => even-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate => incised => lobed, lobate => odd-pinnate, imparipinnate => parted => palmate, palm-shaped => pedate => pinnate, pinnated => pinnatifid => pinnatisect => quinquefoliate => ternate => trifoliate, trifoliolate, trifoliated => trilobate, trilobated, trilobed => bipartite => bipinnatifid => palmatifid => tripinnate, tripinnated => tripinnatifid Sense 7 simple INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Similarity of adj simple 7 senses of simple Sense 1 simple (vs. complex) => elemental, ultimate => oversimplified, simplistic => simplex => simplified => unanalyzable, undecomposable => uncomplicated, unsophisticated Also See-> easy#1; plain#2; simple#6, unsubdivided#1 Sense 2 elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic => easy (vs. difficult) Sense 3 bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) => plain (vs. fancy) Sense 4 childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple => naive (vs. sophisticated), naif Sense 5 dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded => retarded (vs. precocious) Sense 6 simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided => acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped, needlelike => acuminate => apiculate => caudate => cordate, heart-shaped => cuneate, wedge-shaped => deltoid => dolabriform, dolabrate => elliptic => ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike => hastate, spearhead-shaped => lanceolate, lancelike => linear, elongate => lyrate => obtuse => oblanceolate => oblong => obovate => orbiculate, orbicular => ovate => pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped => peltate, shield-shaped => perfoliate => reniform, kidney-shaped => sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped => spatulate, spatula-shaped => unlobed Also See-> simple#1; smooth#3 Sense 7 simple => plain (vs. fancy) Attributes of adj simple 1 of 7 senses of simple Sense 1 simple (vs. complex) => complexity, complexness Familiarity of adj simple simple used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj simple pure and simple simple simple-minded simplex Overview of adj simple The adj simple has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (65) simple -- (having few parts not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance") 2. (10) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic -- (easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem") 3. (4) bare, mere, simple -- (apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth") 4. (2) childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple -- (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewey-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy") 5. (1) dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded -- (lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety) 6. simple, unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions) 7. simple -- (not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity")
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