| simper | (noun) a silly self-conscious smile | - |
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| (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: smirk |
| simperer | (noun) a smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy | - |
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| simperingly | (adverb) with a lack of courage and determination | Synonyms: pusillanimously |
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| simple | (adjective) (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions | Synonyms: unsubdivided |
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| (adjective) having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved | - |
| (adjective) easy and not involved or complicated | Synonyms: elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic |
| (adjective) exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | Synonyms: childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed |
| (adjective) unornamented | - |
| (adjective) lacking mental capacity and subtlety | Synonyms: dim-witted, simple-minded |
| (adjective) apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | Synonyms: bare, mere |
| (noun) a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Synonyms: simpleton |
| (noun) any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties | - |
| simpleness | (noun) the quality of being simple or uncompounded | Synonyms: simplicity |
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| (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: chasteness, restraint, simplicity |
| (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, easiness, simplicity |
| (noun) a lack of penetration or subtlety | Synonyms: simple mindedness, simplicity |
| simpleton | (noun) a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Synonyms: simple |
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| simplex | (adjective) having only one part or element | - |
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| (adjective) allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time | - |
| simplicity | (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, easiness, simpleness |
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| (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: chasteness, restraint, simpleness |
| (noun) the quality of being simple or uncompounded | Synonyms: simpleness |
| (noun) absence of affectation or pretense | Synonyms: simmpleness |
| (noun) a lack of penetration or subtlety | Synonyms: simple mindedness, simpleness |
| simplification | (noun) elimination of superfluous details | - |
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| (noun) the act of reducing complexity | Synonyms: reduction |
| (noun) an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity | - |
| simplify | (verb) make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent | - |
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| simplism | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: oversimplification |
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| (noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: oversimplification |
| simplistic | (adjective) characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity | - |
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| simply | (adverb) and nothing more | Synonyms: but, just, merely, only |
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| (adverb) in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment | Synonyms: plainly |
| (adverb) absolutely; altogether; really | - |
| (adverb) (used for emphasis) absolutely | Synonyms: just |