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Simple

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

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Acerate 84% connected

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

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Acerate 84% connected

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

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Acerose 84% connected

Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

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Acerose 84% connected

Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

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Acicular 84% connected

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

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Acicular 84% connected

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

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Acuminate 84% connected

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

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Acuminate 84% connected

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

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Apiculate 84% connected

Alt. of Apiculated

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Apiculate 84% connected

Alt. of Apiculated

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Caudate 84% connected

Alt. of Caudated

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Caudate 84% connected

Alt. of Caudated

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Cordate 84% connected

Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

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Cordate 84% connected

Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

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Cuneate 84% connected

Alt. of Cuneated

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Cuneate 84% connected

Alt. of Cuneated

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Deltoid 84% connected

Shaped like the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.

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Deltoid 84% connected

Shaped like the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.

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Dolabriform 84% connected

Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

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Dolabriform 84% connected

Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

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Easy 84% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Easy 84% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Elliptic 84% connected

Alt. of Elliptical

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Elliptic 84% connected

Alt. of Elliptical

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Elongate 84% connected

To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

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Elongate 84% connected

To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

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Ensiform 84% connected

Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.

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Ensiform 84% connected

Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.

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Fiddle-shaped 84% connected

Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.

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Fiddle-shaped 84% connected

Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.

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Hastate 84% connected

Alt. of Hastated

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Hastate 84% connected

Alt. of Hastated

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Kidney-shaped 84% connected

Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.

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Kidney-shaped 84% connected

Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.

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Lanceolate 84% connected

Alt. of Lanceolated

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Lanceolate 84% connected

Alt. of Lanceolated

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Linear 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

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Linear 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

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Lyrate 84% connected

Alt. of Lyrated

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Lyrate 84% connected

Alt. of Lyrated

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Naif 84% connected

Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.

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Naif 84% connected

Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.

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Naive 84% connected

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

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Naive 84% connected

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

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Oblanceolate 84% connected

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

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Oblanceolate 84% connected

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

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Oblong 84% connected

Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

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Oblong 84% connected

Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

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Obovate 84% connected

Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

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Obovate 84% connected

Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

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Obtuse 84% connected

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Obtuse 84% connected

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Orbicular 84% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Orbicular 84% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Orbiculate 84% connected

That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

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Orbiculate 84% connected

That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

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Ovate 84% connected

Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

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Ovate 84% connected

Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

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Pandurate 84% connected

Alt. of Panduriform

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Pandurate 84% connected

Alt. of Panduriform

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Panduriform 84% connected

Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

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Panduriform 84% connected

Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

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Peltate 84% connected

Alt. of Peltated

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Peltate 84% connected

Alt. of Peltated

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Perfoliate 84% connected

Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

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Perfoliate 84% connected

Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

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Plain 84% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Plain 84% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Reniform 84% connected

Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

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Reniform 84% connected

Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

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Retarded 84% connected

of Retard

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Retarded 84% connected

of Retard

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Sagittate 84% connected

Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

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Sagittate 84% connected

Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

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Simplistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.

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Simplistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.

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Spatulate 84% connected

Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.

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Spatulate 84% connected

Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.

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Sword-shaped 84% connected

Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.

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Sword-shaped 84% connected

Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.

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Unsophisticated 84% connected

Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.

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Unsophisticated 84% connected

Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.

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Wedge-shaped 84% connected

Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.

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Wedge-shaped 84% connected

Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.

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Narrower term 25

Booby 76% connected

A dunce; a stupid fellow.

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Changeling 76% connected

One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.

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Cretin 76% connected

One afflicted with cretinism.

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Dolt 76% connected

A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.

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Dullard 76% connected

A stupid person; a dunce.

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Dummy 76% connected

Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

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Fool 76% connected

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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Half-wit 76% connected

A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.

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Idiot 76% connected

A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.

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Imbecile 76% connected

Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

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Lame 76% connected

Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.

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Nincompoop 76% connected

A fool; a silly or stupid person.

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Ninny 76% connected

A fool; a simpleton.

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Poop 76% connected

See 2d Poppy.

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Retard 76% connected

To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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Sap 76% connected

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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Saphead 76% connected

A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

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Sheep 76% connected

Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Stupe 76% connected

Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.

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Stupid 76% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Subnormal 76% connected

That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

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Tomfool 76% connected

A great fool; a trifler.

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twerp 76% connected

A foolish or annoying person

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Twit 76% connected

To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted…

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Simpleness 74% connected

The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.

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Simpleness 74% connected

The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.

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Simplicity 74% connected

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

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Simplicity 74% connected

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

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Complexity 66% connected

The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

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Complexity 66% connected

The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

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Complexness 66% connected

The state of being complex; complexity.

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Complexness 66% connected

The state of being complex; complexity.

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Easy 66% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Easy 66% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Plain 66% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Plain 66% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Rough 66% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Rough 66% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Smooth 66% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smooth 66% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Synonym 6

Bare 92% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Childlike 92% connected

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Elementary 92% connected

Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

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Mere 92% connected

A pool or lake.

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Simple-minded 92% connected

Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Simpleton 92% connected

A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Complex 94% connected

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Complex 94% connected

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compound 94% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compound 94% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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