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simpleness
Synonyms and Antonyms of simpleness
- the simpleness of the villagers was so disarming that she temporarily abandoned her natural cynicism
artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naïveté (also naivete), naivety (also naïvety) [chiefly British], naturalness, simplemindedness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness, viridity
candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, openness, sincerity, straightforwardness, unaffectedness, unpretentiousness
callowness, childishness, coltishness, inexperience, rawness
insularity, parochialism, provincialism
carelessness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness
ignorance, obliviousness, unawareness
- his sweetness was more important to them than his simpleness
boneheadedness, brainlessness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dorkiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, gormlessness [chiefly British], mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, thickness, vacuity, weak-mindedness, witlessness
feeblemindedness, simplemindedness
absurdity, asininity, balminess, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuousness, folly, idiocy, inaneness, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nincompoopery, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, silliness, simplicity, wackiness, zaniness
- there's a good-hearted simpleness about her that makes her easy prey for scams
credulity, credulousness, gullibility, naiveness, naïveté (also naivete)
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