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simple
adjective
- Free from extraneous elements: absolute, perfect, plain, pure, sheer
2, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed. See
clean
- 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
- Without addition, decoration, or qualification: bald, bare, dry, plain, unadorned, unvarnished. See
plain
- Not elaborate or showy, as in appearance or style: modest, plain, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious. See
plain
- Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted.
Informal: soft.
Offensive: feeble-minded, half-witted, retarded, weak-minded. See
ability
- Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See
honest
- Of little distinction: humble, lowly, mean
2. See
plain
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
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