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| Main Entry: | simple-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | backward |
| Synonyms: | arrested, behind, delayed, dense, dull, feeble-minded, imbecile, late, moronic, simple, slow, slow-witted, stupid*, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped, checked, subnormal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guileless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, simple-minded, undesigning |
| Antonyms: | artful, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, dishonest, tricky, guileful |
| Main Entry: | imbecile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, backward, deranged, dim-witted, dull, fatuous, idiotic, inane, ludicrous, moronic, simple, slow, thick, witless, feeble-minded, imbecilic, simple-minded |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | naive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, trusting |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, natural, open, original, patsy*, plain, simple, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, untaught, unworldly, virgin, confiding, lamb, like a babe in the woods, simple-minded, unjaded, unsuspicious, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | experienced, leery, skeptical, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retarded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | backward, defective, dim, dim-witted, dopey, dull, dumbbell, dummy, exceptional, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, opaque, pinhead, sappy, simple, slow, slow-witted, stupid, touched, weak, birdbrained, dumbo, dumdum, feeble-minded, gorked, held back, lamebrained, mentally defective, numbskull, retardo, simple-minded, subnormal, underachieving, yo-yo |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim-witted, dumb, half-baked, ignorant, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, obtuse, scatterbrained, shallow, simple, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, tedious, thick, vacuous, wearisome, witless, doltish, feeble-minded, imbecilic, not bright, numskulled, simple-minded, unintellectual |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, keen, sharp, smart, witty |
| Main Entry: | dumb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | dense, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, foolish, moronic, thick*, doltish, simple-minded |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, sharp, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeble-minded; not intelligent |
| Synonyms: | amateur, asinine, backward, brainless, credulous, dense, dull, dumb, fat, feeble, foolish, green*, gullible, half-witted, idiotic, ignorant, illiterate, imbecile, inane, inexperienced, inexpert, insensate, mindless, moronic, obtuse, senseless, shallow, silly, slow, soft, stupid, thick, uneducated, unintelligent, witless, dimwitted, nitwitted, simple-minded, soft-headed |
| Notes: | simple means 'plain, uncomplicated'; simplistic means 'characterized by a forced, unwarranted simplicity' |
| Antonyms: | aware, intelligent, smart, on-the-ball |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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