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simp

simp

1 9.1
A person who is easily fooled and trusts others too much
  • noun
  • /sɪmp/
  • Offensive
translation icon : pardillo
  • So I just have to say I am a simp for trigonometry.

And it was because I took the bait like a simp and and she, she thought it was preposterous that I was expecting it to her to actually follow through.

Examples

  • Like you're the simp, the leader, ruler, emperor God King.

  • Maybe this is the simp and the simp is killing her with his love and affection.

  • Not since he quit the force, the big simp.

    Big Brown Eyes (1936)

  • If he quit the force, he had a good reason, and he's not a big simp.

    Big Brown Eyes (1936)

  • That little bastard can't follow a simp...

    Like Father Like Son (1987)

  • "Tommy was an ignorant simp.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Of whom he was solicitous to a point that faileth human understanding, given that she was something of a simp in the long run.

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

  • And it was because I took the bait like a simp and and she, she thought it was preposterous that I was expecting it to her to actually follow through.

    IMPAULSIVE

  • But people on the Internet are so simp conscious, they're so like grift aware that they just ready on tenterhooks to go.

  • He always helps his friends with their homework, but it makes him look like a simp who just wants attention.

Synonyms

fool
vssimp
  • Offensive
∞ 1.4

A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked

is more about gullibility and being easily deceived than mere unwise acts
sucker
vssimp
  • Offensive
300 7.0

A person who is easily tricked

is especially naive and lacks common sense beyond being deceived
dummy
vssimp
  • Offensive
115 6.0

A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes

is mainly naive and easily deceived, not just low intelligence
sap
vssimp
  • Offensive
48 9.1

A person who is easily fooled or has poor judgment

is more naive and foolish rather than just poor judgment
simpleton
vssimp
  • Offensive
21 7.3

A person who is not very smart and trusts people easily

is more about naivety and being easily deceived than general low intelligence
dupe
vssimp
  • Offensive
14 7.0

A person who is easily tricked into believing false things

is generally naive or gullible rather than only tricked
gump
vssimp
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is foolish and easily tricked

is the neutral description for naive gullibility, not slangy
simple
vssimp
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is not very intelligent

is more about naive gullibility than general low intellect
gaby
vssimp
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who trusts others too easily and gets tricked

is a broader term for naive gullibility beyond casual speech
gudge
vssimp
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An old word for a person who is easily tricked

is the same naive idea but in modern, common language
hoople
vssimp
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking

is the general, widely used term for naive gullibility

How Gullible

simp
  • Offensive
1 9.1
gullible
65 4.2
naive
312 4.1
cautious
210 2.9

Surface Forms

simp singular
simps plural

Etymology

Simp comes from the older word simpleton, from simple meaning 'not clever'. So a simp is someone who is foolish and easy to fool.