simple
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈsɪmpl/
:
ingenuo
- And I, I, you know, that I, I, I take pleasure in the simple things in life.
But it's this beautiful, honest, simple moment that is in the movie.
- But it's this beautiful, honest, simple moment that is in the movie.
- And it creates these very lived in simple, truthful performances.
- It is also the simple spirit of the individual who has suffered wrong.
- And what it represents is this deep power of simple things that bring you comfort.
- It's it's so moving and it's so simple.
- And I, I, you know, that I, I, I take pleasure in the simple things in life.
- And she is very obviously like lives a very simple life.
- You know, he's a, he's a very humble, you know, simple man, meaning simple as in fact, you know, he's a family man.
- She says they're not simple people, although they were happy.
- Those are also moments where these simple feelings, which we call affect, are very strong.
- Like like he's just a very simple nice kid.
Examples
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The children expressed a simple wonder at the beauty of the garden.
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But it's this beautiful, honest, simple moment that is in the movie.
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The thing is it's more like simple and natural, I suppose.
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I always believed that peace will grow from simple people from the ground up.
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I tried to taste the life of a simple man.
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We are just simple people.
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My sister's a simple kind of girl, you know.
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We're all simple souls, I guess.
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You know, I'm telling you, I like the simple life.
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She's just a simple girl with simple tastes.
Synonyms
312
4.1
Not experienced and too ready to trust others
36
3.7
Being innocent, trusting, and simple like a child
27
3.4
A person who has eyes open wide because they feel surprised or full of wonder
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7.4
Having a gentle, innocent trust in people or ideas
Having the innocent, playful curiosity of a child
Acting like a child in a simple, not serious way
To have simple, playful, innocent ways like a small boy or girl
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.4
A basic tool like a lever or pulley that makes work easier by changing the force
- Specialized
1
3.7
A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose
- Formal
1
9.8
Full ownership of land without time limit that you can sell or leave to anyone
- Specialized
1
3.4
A number that shows a part of a whole with whole numbers on top and bottom, like 3/4
- Specialized
1
3.5
A broken bone that does not cut the skin or badly damage nearby tissue
- Specialized
1
3.4
Extra money added only to the original amount, not to any earlier added money
- Formal
Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
- Specialized
A verb form that shows an action or state happened and finished in the past
- Specialized
A verb tense for actions and facts that happen often and are true now
- Specialized
A fruit that grows from one part of a flower with seeds inside, like a grape
- Specialized
A repeating back and forth movement where the pull back gets stronger the farther it moves from center
- Specialized
A brief loss of awareness when someone stares blankly for a few seconds
- Specialized
A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle
- Specialized
A strong, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation, like spiders and heights
- Specialized
A verb tense that talks about regular actions, facts, and situations that are true now
- Specialized
An operation that removes a breast but leaves the chest muscles and lymph nodes still there
- Specialized
A small weight hung from a light string of fixed length that swings back and forth
How Naive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Simple comes from the Latin simplex, from sim- 'one' and -plex 'fold', which gives a sense of being plain and direct. So a simple person can mean someone with a childlike or natural innocence, because their view is straightforward and not worldly.