Antonyms for simple
ˈsɪm pəlsim·ple

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1. simpleadjective

   Antonyms:
   compound, complicated, complex

   Synonyms:
   plain

2. simpleadjective

   Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

   Antonyms:
   subtle

   Synonyms:
   onefold

3. simpleadjective

   Without ornamentation; plain.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

4. simpleadjective

   Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

5. simpleadjective

   Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

6. simpleadjective

   Trivial; insignificant.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

7. simpleadjective

   Feeble-minded; foolish.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

8. simpleadjective

   Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

9. simpleadjective

   Of a group: having no normal subgroup.

   Synonyms:
   onefold

10. simpleadjective

    Not compound, but possibly lobed.

    Synonyms:
    onefold

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. simple

   A candid statement is meant to be true to the real facts and just to all parties; a fair statement is really so. Fair is applied to the conduct; candid is not; as, fair treatment, "a fair field, and no favor." One who is frank has a fearless and unconstrained truthfulness. Honest and ingenuous unite in expressing contempt for deceit. On the other hand, artless, guileless, naive, simple, and unsophisticated express the goodness which comes from want of the knowledge or thought of evil. As truth is not always agreeable or timely, candid and frank have often an objectionable sense; "to be candid with you," "to be perfectly frank," are regarded as sure preludes to something disagreeable. Open and unreserved may imply unstudied truthfulness or defiant recklessness; as, open admiration, open robbery. There may be transparent integrity or transparent fraud. Sincere applies to the feelings, as being all that one's words would imply.

   Antonyms:
   adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, intriguing, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricky, wily

   Synonyms:
   aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, naive, open, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticated

   Preposition:
   Candid in debate; candid to or toward opponents; candid with friend or foe; to be candid about or in regard to the matter.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. simple

   Antonyms:
   double, complex, compounded, blended, mixed, fused, multiform, multigenerous, various, compound, articulated, subdivided, organized, connected, modified, complicated, elaborate, artificial, artful, designing, insincere, double-minded, affected, self-conscious, sagacious, sophisticated, great, eminent, illustrious, complete, developed, perfect

   Synonyms:
   single, incomplex, uncompounded, unblended, isolated, pure, unmixed, mere, absolute, plain, unadorned, unartificial, artless, sincere, undesigning, single-minded, unaffected, sickly, weak, unsophisticated, humble, homely, lowly, elementary, ultimate, primal, rudimentary

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1. • Herb

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. simplenoun

   any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

   Antonyms:
   pinnatifid, interlocking, pedate, thickening, palm-shaped, trilobated, convoluted, bilobed, fancy, tripinnate, trilobate, trifoliate, parted, bipinnatifid, cleft, odd-pinnate, trilobed, decompound, binate, composite, lobate, interlacing, labyrinthine, even-pinnate, difficult, palmatifid, mazy, labyrinthian, tangled, tortuous, bipartite, sophisticated, knotty, incised, ternate, interlinking, daedal, compound, pinnatisect, trifoliolate, palmate, analyzable, lobed, precocious, Gordian, dissected, hard, complicated, radiate, Byzantine, multifactorial, complex, abruptly-pinnate, multiplex, three-lobed, interwoven, bilobated, trifoliated, pinnate, tripinnated, decomposable, quinquefoliate, bipinnate, imparipinnate, conjugate, pinnated, involved, tripinnatifid, intricate, colonial, bilobate, paripinnate

   Synonyms:
   simpleton

2. simpleton, simpleadjective

   a person lacking intelligence or common sense

   Antonyms:
   complex, cleft, hard, trilobed, quinquefoliate, compound, bilobed, bipinnate, trifoliolate, multifactorial, difficult, three-lobed, odd-pinnate, interwoven, palmatifid, knotty, bilobate, parted, trifoliate, daedal, pinnate, analyzable, tangled, tripinnated, sophisticated, interlocking, bipinnatifid, fancy, lobate, composite, trifoliated, tripinnatifid, Byzantine, interlinking, bipartite, thickening, bilobated, tripinnate, intricate, trilobated, incised, even-pinnate, imparipinnate, labyrinthian, complicated, pinnatisect, palmate, Gordian, decomposable, paripinnate, convoluted, precocious, colonial, labyrinthine, decompound, mazy, pinnated, abruptly-pinnate, dissected, lobed, conjugate, tortuous, palm-shaped, binate, pedate, pinnatifid, interlacing, involved, ternate, multiplex, trilobate, radiate

   Synonyms:
   simpleton

3. simpleadjective

   having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

   "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"

   Antonyms:
   mazy, trilobed, pedate, tangled, lobed, dissected, interlacing, incised, palm-shaped, bilobate, trifoliated, palmatifid, bipinnate, interlocking, cleft, sophisticated, thickening, tripinnatifid, pinnatifid, decompound, involved, paripinnate, precocious, complicated, odd-pinnate, Byzantine, three-lobed, tripinnated, analyzable, bilobed, radiate, trifoliolate, daedal, interlinking, interwoven, labyrinthine, tortuous, convoluted, difficult, binate, even-pinnate, decomposable, ternate, composite, bipinnatifid, multifactorial, bipartite, trifoliate, pinnated, knotty, bilobated, palmate, pinnate, tripinnate, multiplex, fancy, quinquefoliate, hard, Gordian, compound, trilobated, intricate, labyrinthian, complex, lobate, abruptly-pinnate, parted, colonial, pinnatisect, imparipinnate, conjugate, trilobate

   Synonyms:
   wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple-minded, dim-witted, elementary, unproblematic, simple(a), childlike, round-eyed, mere(a), unsubdivided, bare(a), uncomplicated

4. elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematicadjective

   easy and not involved or complicated

   "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

   Antonyms:
   colonial, involved, palmate, imparipinnate, conjugate, trifoliated, pinnate, binate, compound, abruptly-pinnate, tripinnated, decomposable, paripinnate, precocious, interlinking, bipinnate, labyrinthian, palmatifid, pedate, complicated, trilobed, tangled, bilobate, knotty, complex, bipinnatifid, incised, trilobated, multiplex, pinnated, hard, odd-pinnate, parted, Gordian, mazy, interwoven, tortuous, intricate, tripinnate, composite, convoluted, three-lobed, cleft, difficult, daedal, trilobate, tripinnatifid, palm-shaped, dissected, ternate, interlacing, bipartite, multifactorial, pinnatisect, interlocking, analyzable, fancy, quinquefoliate, decompound, even-pinnate, lobate, bilobated, labyrinthine, trifoliolate, pinnatifid, lobed, thickening, sophisticated, Byzantine, bilobed, trifoliate, radiate

   Synonyms:
   uncomplicated, mere(a), simple(a), unproblematic, unsubdivided, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, elemental, bare(a), primary, elementary, dim-witted, childlike, simple-minded, unsophisticated, wide-eyed

5. bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective

   apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

   "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

   Antonyms:
   pinnatifid, paripinnate, trifoliolate, trifoliated, precocious, odd-pinnate, even-pinnate, thickening, bilobed, decomposable, imparipinnate, tripinnated, pinnate, complex, tripinnatifid, interlinking, labyrinthian, knotty, difficult, interlacing, tripinnate, binate, compound, cleft, incised, interwoven, bipinnate, palm-shaped, fancy, bipartite, pinnatisect, composite, hard, conjugate, trilobed, trifoliate, colonial, sophisticated, involved, radiate, intricate, Byzantine, analyzable, mazy, palmatifid, interlocking, dissected, convoluted, tangled, daedal, bilobated, bipinnatifid, abruptly-pinnate, trilobated, parted, multiplex, lobed, trilobate, palmate, three-lobed, labyrinthine, Gordian, lobate, complicated, multifactorial, pinnated, pedate, decompound, tortuous, ternate, quinquefoliate, bilobate

6. childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simpleadjective

   exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

   "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"

   Antonyms:
   analyzable, paripinnate, radiate, tortuous, bilobate, compound, multiplex, multifactorial, pinnate, palm-shaped, interlacing, trilobate, even-pinnate, tangled, quinquefoliate, trilobed, tripinnated, knotty, hard, trifoliated, trilobated, decompound, fancy, pinnatifid, three-lobed, sophisticated, conjugate, difficult, abruptly-pinnate, composite, bipartite, dissected, precocious, ternate, convoluted, palmate, thickening, bipinnate, interlinking, cleft, decomposable, complicated, pedate, interwoven, incised, trifoliolate, bilobated, Byzantine, bipinnatifid, binate, complex, lobate, Gordian, interlocking, pinnated, colonial, involved, mazy, labyrinthine, palmatifid, daedal, pinnatisect, lobed, tripinnate, parted, imparipinnate, bilobed, trifoliate, intricate, odd-pinnate, labyrinthian, tripinnatifid

   Synonyms:
   uncomplicated, mere(a), simple(a), unproblematic, unsubdivided, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, childly, bare(a), saucer-eyed, elementary, dim-witted, childlike, simple-minded, wide, wide-eyed

7. dim-witted, simple, simple-mindedadjective

   lacking mental capacity and subtlety

   Antonyms:
   hard, daedal, intricate, radiate, pinnatifid, difficult, labyrinthian, incised, decomposable, Gordian, trifoliolate, quinquefoliate, even-pinnate, involved, pinnated, bipinnate, dissected, multifactorial, trilobate, paripinnate, decompound, thickening, compound, complicated, palmatifid, knotty, trifoliate, trifoliated, conjugate, interwoven, interlocking, tangled, lobate, tripinnate, tripinnatifid, odd-pinnate, ternate, labyrinthine, bipartite, pedate, tripinnated, trilobed, multiplex, three-lobed, interlinking, imparipinnate, bilobate, analyzable, composite, bilobated, cleft, binate, palm-shaped, trilobated, palmate, parted, Byzantine, interlacing, lobed, pinnatisect, colonial, sophisticated, pinnate, precocious, fancy, tortuous, bilobed, complex, convoluted, bipinnatifid, mazy, abruptly-pinnate

   Synonyms:
   wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple-minded, dim-witted, elementary, unproblematic, simple(a), childlike, round-eyed, mere(a), unsubdivided, bare(a), uncomplicated

8. simple, unsubdividedadjective

   (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

   Antonyms:
   interlinking, palmate, binate, trifoliolate, interwoven, complex, compound, daedal, palm-shaped, tortuous, abruptly-pinnate, difficult, interlocking, pinnate, complicated, intricate, colonial, Gordian, multiplex, pinnatisect, composite, lobate, involved, lobed, multifactorial, convoluted, trifoliate, parted, decomposable, bipinnate, radiate, bilobate, incised, odd-pinnate, pedate, interlacing, trifoliated, fancy, analyzable, conjugate, labyrinthine, tripinnatifid, paripinnate, bilobated, knotty, bipinnatifid, dissected, quinquefoliate, tripinnate, decompound, imparipinnate, thickening, three-lobed, sophisticated, bilobed, cleft, hard, trilobate, palmatifid, pinnatifid, trilobed, labyrinthian, mazy, precocious, trilobated, tripinnated, ternate, tangled, even-pinnate, Byzantine, bipartite, pinnated

   Synonyms:
   wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple-minded, dim-witted, elementary, unproblematic, simple(a), childlike, round-eyed, mere(a), unsubdivided, bare(a), uncomplicated

9. simpleadjective

   unornamented

   "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

   Antonyms:
   parted, ternate, analyzable, hard, bipinnate, interwoven, bilobate, radiate, bipinnatifid, lobed, fancy, Byzantine, labyrinthine, trilobed, precocious, compound, incised, colonial, interlacing, dissected, complicated, pinnatifid, bilobated, tripinnated, decomposable, three-lobed, tripinnatifid, decompound, imparipinnate, palm-shaped, tangled, conjugate, sophisticated, difficult, pinnated, pinnatisect, bilobed, even-pinnate, palmate, cleft, pinnate, labyrinthian, trifoliated, trifoliate, multifactorial, trilobated, composite, odd-pinnate, complex, Gordian, multiplex, intricate, pedate, lobate, knotty, quinquefoliate, bipartite, involved, thickening, interlocking, tripinnate, trilobate, abruptly-pinnate, daedal, interlinking, binate, palmatifid, tortuous, trifoliolate, paripinnate, convoluted, mazy

   Synonyms:
   wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple-minded, dim-witted, elementary, unproblematic, simple(a), childlike, round-eyed, mere(a), unsubdivided, bare(a), uncomplicated

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1. simpleadjective

   Antonyms:
   complex, complicated, intricate, artful, crafty, elaborate

   Synonyms:
   incomplex, uncompounded, single, elementary, uncombined, mere, plain, unaffected, artless, naïve, unsophisticated, credulous, gullible, silly, oafish

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. elaborate

   easily understood or done, presenting no difficulty.

   his work was very simple.

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

2. labyrinth

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

3. quirk

   not interesting

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use simple in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

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   What he was charged with is what he did. Plain and simple.

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