simplicity

sim·plic·i·ty

noun \sim-ˈpli-sə-tē, -ˈplis-tē\

plural sim·plic·i·ties

Definition of SIMPLICITY

1

: the state of being simple, uncomplicated, or uncompounded

2

a : lack of subtlety or penetration : innocence, naiveté

b : folly, silliness

3

: freedom from pretense or guile : candor

4

a : directness of expression : clarity

b : restraint in ornamentation : austerity

Examples of SIMPLICITY

1. People like the simplicity of the instructions.
2. the simplicity of the music

Origin of SIMPLICITY

Middle English simplicite, from Anglo-French simplicité, from Latin simplicitat-, simplicitas, from simplic-, simplex

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SIMPLICITY

Synonyms

plainness, unsophistication

Antonyms

complexity, complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, sophistication

Related Words

homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity, unity

Near Antonyms

ambiguity, ambiguousness, equivocalness, equivocation, inscrutability, inscrutableness, obliqueness, obliquity, opacity, opaqueness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness, unintelligibility, unintelligibleness; circuitousness, deviousness, indirectness, indistinctness; dimness, disjointedness, incoherence; faintness, fuzziness, muddiness, nebulousness, vagueness

Rhymes with SIMPLICITY

basicity, causticity, centricity, chronicity, clonicity, conicity, cyclicity, ethnicity, facticity, felicity, lubricity, mendicity, plasticity, publicity, rhythmicity, seismicity, spasticity, sphericity, tonicity, toxicity, triplicity