poop, ninny, ninnyhammer, goose, jackass, ass, donkey; featherbrain, scatterbrain, rattlehead, mooncalf, Inf. coot, Sl. jerk; dupe, gull, greenhorn, Inf. jay. simplicity, n. 1. clearness, lucidity, limpidity; perceptibility, distinctness, obviousness, explicitness, conspicuousness, salience, unmistakableness; clarity, cog-nizability, intelligibility, penetrability, decipherability, legibility.
2. plainness, modesty, bareness, spareness, blankness, starkness, severity, asceticism; unadornment, austereness, unornamentation, unembellishment.
3. artlessness, openness, open-heartedness, ingenuousness, guilelessness, sincerity, genuineness, undeceptive-ness, undeceitfulness; candor, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, calling a spade a spade, Sl. telling it like it is; naturalness, unaffectedness, unpretentiousness; naivete, naiveness, simplemindedness, innocence; unsophisticatedness, greenness, rawness, unworldliness; trustfulness, unsuspiciousness, unwariness, unguardedness.
4. unskillfulness, inexpertness, uncleverness, undeftness, unfacileness; ungiftedness, untalentedness, dullness, slowness. simplify, v. make plainer, decipher, unravel, disentangle, make intelligible, translate; paraphrase, summarize, explain, clarify, clear up; abridge, cut down, condense, shorten; pare down, get down to bare essentials; make easier, spoon-feed. simply, adv. 1. easily, clearly, distinctly, plainly, intelligibly, lucidly, legibly; obviously, evidently, conspicuously, unmistakably, transparently.
2. sincerely, artlessly, openly, ingenuously, guilelessly, genuinely, undeceptively, undeceitfully; naturally, unaffectedly, unpretentiously; naively, innocently, unsophisticatedly, unaffectedly.
3. merely, only, solely, purely; wholly, absolutely, completely, fully, entirely; totally, nothing short of, unqualifiedly, utterly; categorically, unconditionally, unreservedly, implicitly; positively, certainly, veritably, unquestionably, unequivocably, unambiguously.
4. foolishly, unwisely, imprudently, incautiously, injudiciously; heedlessly, thoughtlessly, carelessly. simulacrum, n. 1. superficial likeness, semblance, similarity, similitude; resemblance, likeness, counterpart, match, duplicate, double, twin, Doppleganger.
2. image, representation, effigy, icon, depiction, portrayal; reproduction, reflection, model, replica, copy, facsimile; snapshot, Inf. snap, photograph, Inf. photo; sketch, portrait, profile, study, life study, picture. simulate, v. feign, pretend, make believe, malinger, playact, act; put on airs, assume airs, posture, do for effect; impersonate, personate, pose as, pretend to be, pass oneself off as, sail under false colors; ape, imitate, parrot, mimic, mime, Sl. make like; mirror, reflect, echo, take on the appearance of; copy, affect, do like, follow suit; duplicate, reproduce, parallel; parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, mock, sham, counterfeit. simultaneous, adj. concomitant, concurrent, coincident, parallel, collateral, side-by-side; contemporaneous, coinstantaneous, synchronal, synchronous, isochronal, isochronous; coexistent, coexisting, contemporary, coeval, coetaneous; conterminous, coterminous, coextensive. sin, n. 1. transgression, trespass, violation; impiety, impiousness, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy; desecration, sacrilege, irreverence, irreligiousness; deviltry, ungodliness, godlessness; nefariousness, flagitiousness, heinousness, vileness, viciousness.