Synonyms of simpleminded

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adjective

1

as in naive

lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment

a simpleminded view of a complex problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• naive
• simple
• innocent
• inexperienced
• naïve
• primitive
• immature
• unsophisticated
• ingenuous
• uncritical
• unsuspecting
• unsuspicious
• childish
• unworldly
• green
• naïf
• unwary
• unknowing
• dewy
• wide-eyed
• aw-shucks
• naif
• dewy-eyed
• believing
• idealistic
• impractical
• callow
• trustful
• childlike
• trusting
• careless
• gullible
• credulous
• unrealistic
• susceptible
• thoughtless
• heedless
• raw
• gullable
• beguiled
• duped
• unguarded
• tricked
• gulled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sophisticated
• worldly
• cynical
• experienced
• knowing
• skeptical
• critical
• cosmopolitan
• unconvinced
• suspicious
• incredulous
• careful
• cautious
• wary
• doubting
• worldly-wise
• pragmatic
• watchful
• realistic
• guarded
• leery
• hardheaded
• sober
• down-to-earth
• suspecting
• pragmatical
• leary
• streetwise
• street-smart

2

as in foolish

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

scornful of their simpleminded belief that their parents would always be there to take care of them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foolish
• stupid
• silly
• absurd
• mad
• crazy
• idiotic
• insane
• lunatic
• dumb
• simple
• irrational
• fool
• fatuous
• ridiculous
• looney
• weak
• nonsensical
• harebrained
• zany
• asinine
• weak-minded
• witless
• daft
• whacky
• brainless
• unwise
• senseless
• preposterous
• loony
• dippy
• sappy
• unreasonable
• inept
• out to lunch
• nutty
• wacky
• daffy
• idiotical
• kooky
• slow
• cuckoo
• unreasoning
• half-witted
• screwball
• jerky
• lunkheaded
• moronic
• crackpot
• dotty
• half-baked
• cockeyed
• feebleminded
• thoughtless
• bubbleheaded
• tomfool
• thickheaded
• clueless
• unreasoned
• doltish
• obtuse
• dunderheaded
• featherheaded
• imbecile
• fallacious
• kookie
• pinheaded
• unintelligent
• brain-dead
• dopey
• vacuous
• mindless
• balmy
• oafish
• illogical
• imbecilic
• softheaded
• lamebrain
• dim-witted
• dull
• dense
• dim
• laughable
• ludicrous
• empty-headed
• lamebrained
• opaque
• dorky
• chuckleheaded
• airheaded
• invalid
• slow-witted
• knuckleheaded
• dopy
• surd
• farcical
• thick
• gormless
• soft
• nonrational
• clownish
• unsound
• buffoonish
• unconsidered
• birdbrained
• ill-advised
• notional
• chowderheaded
• boobish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wise
• sensible
• sound
• sane
• prudent
• clever
• intelligent
• reasonable
• smart
• judicious
• sagacious
• bright
• logical
• valid
• rational
• sage
• sapient
• brainy
• well-advised

simplemindedness

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noun

as in naturalness

the quality or state of being simple and sincere

the simplemindedness of the villagers was at times winning and at others worrisome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• naturalness
• simplicity
• innocence
• sincerity
• naiveté
• naïveté
• ignorance
• ingenuousness
• naivete
• naïvety
• naivety
• guilelessness
• artlessness
• unworldliness
• optimism
• greenness
• simpleness
• naiveness
• honesty
• unsophistication
• frankness
• idealism
• straightforwardness
• inexperience
• viridity
• openness
• candor
• unpretentiousness
• childishness
• carelessness
• insularity
• genuineness
• callowness
• parochialism
• unawareness
• thoughtlessness
• heedlessness
• obliviousness
• rawness
• impressionability
• unaffectedness
• gullibility
• provincialism
• credulity
• impracticality
• credulousness
• coltishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cynicism
• sophistication
• worldliness
• dishonesty
• artificiality
• artfulness
• insincerity
• pretentiousness
• disbelief
• incredulity
• knowingness
• deviousness
• suspiciousness
• skepticism
• caution
• pessimism
• wariness
• affectedness
• carefulness
• maturity
• doubtfulness
• street smarts