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

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Rhymes with SIMPLICITY

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