simple
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈsɪmpəl/
- Offensive
:
tonto
- His friends often referred to him as a simple due to his lack of common sense.
Examples
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In the village, there lived a simple who always believed in the goodness of others.
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He always relies on the simple to solve his problems, even in complex situations.
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But people are pretty simple as well.
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This man is called Mohan, simple man from India.
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Give a useful text textbook to the simplest of men, and they will learn from it.
Synonyms
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1.2
A person who acts very stupidly, used as an insult
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6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
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9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
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7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
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1.1
A person who is not very smart and often makes bad choices
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7.3
A person who is not very smart and trusts people easily
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7.7
A person who is not very smart
8
6.8
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
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7.8
A person who is slow to understand things
4
8.9
A person who is very stupid
3
9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
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9.3
A person who is not very smart
3
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
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8.7
A person who is not very smart
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2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
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9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
A person who is not very smart
A person who behaves in a silly way
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.4
A basic tool like a lever or pulley that makes work easier by changing the force
- Specialized
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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
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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 Intelligent
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4.9
573
1.7
- Informal
1
5.2
- Offensive
1
9.9
- Offensive
11
6.1
- Offensive
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1.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Simple as a noun comes from the same Latin simplex and was used for a person whose mind was seen as 'not complex'. So calling someone a simple means a person thought to lack cleverness or common sense.