simplicity
/sim'plisiti/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The quality or condition of being easy to understand or do: The state of not being complicated or having few parts.
- The quality of being plain, natural, or without decoration: The state of being not elaborate or artificial.
- Lack of sophistication, guile, or worldly experience: The state of being innocent, naive, or unsuspecting.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The simplicity of the instructions made the task easy for everyone.
- She admired the elegant simplicity of the design.
- His rural upbringing gave him a certain simplicity that was quite charming.
Advanced Usage
- "Simplicity itself": used to emphasize that something is extremely easy or straightforward.
- The recipe is simplicity itself; just mix the three ingredients.
- "For the sake of simplicity": in order to make something easier to understand or do.
- For the sake of simplicity, we will assume the price remains constant.
Variants and Related Words
- Simple (adj): easy to understand or do; plain, basic, or uncomplicated.
- He offered a simple solution to the complex problem.
- Simplify (verb): to make something simpler or easier to do or understand.
- The new software aims to simplify the accounting process.
- Simplification (noun): the process of making something simpler.
- The simplification of the tax code was welcomed by many.
Synonyms
- Easiness: The quality of requiring little effort.
- Clarity: The quality of being clear and easy to understand.
- Plainness: The quality of being simple and without decoration.
- Naivety: Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
Antonyms
- Complexity: The state of having many interconnected parts; intricacy.
- Difficulty: The state of being hard to accomplish or understand.
- Ornateness: The quality of being elaborately decorated.
- Sophistication: The quality of being experienced and cultured.
Noun
- lack of ornamentation
- the room was simply decorated with great restraint
- freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
- they put it into containers for ease of transportation
- the very easiness of the deed held her back
- absence of affectation or pretense
- a lack of penetration or subtlety
- they took advantage of her simplicity
- the quality of being simple or uncompounded
- the simplicity of a crystal