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Synonyms: Adjective
bald, bare, naked, plain, plain-vanilla, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished
Antonyms: Adjective
adorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented
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The solution to the problem was relatively simple. The answer is really quite simple. There are three simple steps to follow. The camera is simple to use. Don't go into too much detail in the report. Just keep it simple and to the point. The melody is very simple. I'm a simple farmer just trying to make a living. He enjoys the simple pleasure of spending time with his wife and kids after work. Relaxing on the beach and watching the sunset is one of life's simple pleasures.
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The rear is simple, too, with hexagonal LED lights and a scalloped hatch. — Daniel Golson, Car and Driver, "The Electric Opel Corsa-e Is Only for Europe, but We Love It Anyway," 23 May 2019 The DailyHoroscope The DailyHoroscope App is a popular one that's really simple to use. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "10 Of The Best Horoscope Apps For People That Are Obsessed With The Stars," 16 May 2019 The idea, hatched over drinks in the final hours of a New Year’s party, was simple enough: Bring the beach food of weekend trips to Zihuatanejo to the city. — Rob Haskell, Vogue, "What’s Next for Gabriela Cámara? A New L.A. Restaurant—And Foray into Politics," 15 May 2019 The meanings behind little Archie's first and middle names are fairly simple. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "The Complicated History of the Royal Family's Last Name, Mountbatten-Windsor," 12 May 2019 The rules are pretty simple: Take 20% off any and every item on the site — no code needed. — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, "Brooklinen Is Having a Huge Sale on Their Best-Selling Sheets Right Now," 1 May 2019 In the desktop space, Intel’s roadmap is pretty simple: The Skylake-X 18-core chips are giving way to the Cascade Lake-X 18-core processors on the very high end, which will live on through 2020. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Leaked Intel roadmaps call Intel's 10nm transition into question yet again," 26 Apr. 2019 The directions were simple enough but on the third round there was a pretty big epic fail, and Kacey called it out both IRL and on social media. — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, "Best Stage Moments From Coachella 2019," 14 Apr. 2019 The design, as a whole, is deliberately and exceedingly simple. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Biomega unveils a radically simple electric vehicle," 27 Nov. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Below, Bon breaks down the seven elements behind her simple, yet singular style. — Vogue, "A Swiss-Parisian Singer Shares the 7 Secrets to Her Discreet-Chic Style," 19 Mar. 2019 The key is to keep your bedding simple is to make sure every piece has at least one function besides just decoration. — Cathy Rubin, Philly.com, "Ask Jennifer Adams: What purpose does a pillow sham serve," 26 Mar. 2018 The reason is simple: Not enough money from the tax cuts has trickled down to employees. — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, "The GOP tax bill only gave workers 2 cents more per hour in bonuses," 18 Dec. 2018 Pure Cycles is on a mission to get back to those roots—and is making purchasing a bike simple and affordable again. — Popular Mechanics, "Get Ready to Ride This Spring with These Affordable Bikes," 23 Jan. 2019 The district has made registration simple with a new, online pre-registration process. — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, "Northwest tweaks attendance areas for its new elementary schools," 2 July 2018 Take the idea one step further, as the authors of Canal House Cooks Every Daydo, and make a rich simple syrup by combining two parts sugar to one part water. — Alex Van Buren, Health.com, "Why Basil Is So Good for You—Plus 14 Ways to Use More of It All Summer Long," 14 May 2018 Still, investors have been reluctant to put more money into gas drillers, and the reason is simple: Gas has been cheap for years and doesn’t look primed to go up soon. — Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ, "Side Effect of Rising Oil Drilling: Indigestion for Gas Frackers," 13 June 2018 According to Victoria Hunter, co-founder of Whittemore House salon and the colorist behind the actress' new look, the blonde decision was simple: Liu was ready for a change. — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, "Lucy Liu Bleached Her Hair Blonde — & It Looks So Good," 25 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'simple.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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