| Main Entry: | uncomplicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy |
Synonyms: |
apparent, basic, child's play, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, manageable, no bother, no problem, no sweat, no trouble, not burdensome, not difficult, nothing to it, obvious, painless, piece of cake, simple, simple as ABC, snap, straightforward, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understandable, apparent |
Synonyms: |
apprehensible, audible, clear-cut, coherent, comprehensible, conspicuous, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, graspable, incontrovertible, intelligible, knowable, legible, loud enough, lucent, lucid, manifest, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, precise, pronounced, readable, recognizable, sharp, simple, spelled out, straightforward, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unblurred, uncomplicated, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable |
Antonyms: |
ambiguous, indistinct, mysterious, obscure, unintelligible, vague |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not difficult |
Synonyms: |
accessible, apparent, basic, child's play, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, facile, inconsiderable, light, little, manageable, manifest, mere, no bother, no problem, no sweat, no trouble, not burdensome, nothing to it, obvious, painless, paltry, picnic, piece of cake, plain, plain sailing, pushover, royal, simple, simple as ABC, slight, smooth, snap, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, uninvolved, untroublesome, wieldy, yielding |
Antonyms: |
arduous, complex, complicated, demanding, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, laborious, uneasy |
| Main Entry: | effortless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy |
Synonyms: |
child's play, cursive, duck soup, facile, flowing, fluent, light, no problem, no sweat, offhand, painless, picnic, piece of cake, royal, running, simple, smooth, snap*, uncomplicated, undemanding, untroublesome |
Antonyms: |
complicated, demanding, difficult, effortful, hard, labored |
| Main Entry: | elementary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, basic |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, abecedarian, basal, beginning, child's play, clear, duck soup, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, meat and potatoes, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo, rudimentary, simplest, simplex, simplified, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying |
Antonyms: |
abstruse, advanced, complex, complicated, compound, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, secondary |
| Main Entry: | facile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy; easily mastered |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, adroit, apparent, articulate, breeze, child's play, cursory, deft, dexterous, easy as pie, effortless, fast talk, flip*, fluent, glib, hasty, light, obvious, picnic, practiced, proficient, pushover, quick, ready, shallow, simple, skillful, slick*, smooth, superficial, uncomplicated, untroublesome, voluble |
Antonyms: |
arduous, complicated, confusing, difficult, hard, involved, laborious, profound |
| Main Entry: | nothing to it |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effortless |
Synonyms: |
a breeze, child's play, duck soup, easy, easy as ABC, easy as pie, no problem, no sweat, painless, piece of cake, simple, snap*, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, understandable; easy |
Synonyms: |
child's play, cinch*, clean, easy as pie, effortless, elementary, facile, incomplex, intelligible, light, lucid, manageable, mild, no problem, no sweat, not difficult, picnic, piece of cake, plain, quiet, self-explanatory, simple as ABC, smooth, snap*, straightforward, transparent, uncomplicated, uninvolved, unmistakable, untroublesome, walkover |
| Notes: | simple means 'plain, uncomplicated'; simplistic means 'characterized by a forced, unwarranted simplicity' |
Antonyms: |
complex, complicated, convoluted, difficult, exacting, intricate, unclear, unintelligible |
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncluttered, natural |
Synonyms: |
Spartan, absolute, austere, classic, clean, discreet, elementary, folksy, homely, homey, humble, inelaborate, lowly, mere, modest, not complex, open and shut, plain, pure, pure and simple, rustic, sheer, single, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, undecorated, unelaborate, unembellished, unfussy, unmitigated, unmixed, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unqualified, vanilla |
Antonyms: |
cluttered, decorated, embellished, jumbled, ornate |
| Main Entry: | simpleminded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
Synonyms: |
brainless, childlike, clueless, crude, dumb, feeble-minded, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, slow, stupid, uncomplicated, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly |