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simple-minded

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking subtlety or sophistication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: artless, callow, childlike, verdant, clueless, credulous, dewy-eyed, cute, fleeceable, foppotee, green, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, Panglossian, Panglossic, quaint, simple, simple-hearted, simple-minded, starry-eyed, unaffected, undesigning, unpretentious, unsophisticated, untested, unworldly, wide-eyed, immature, born yesterday, wet behind the ears, virgin

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Lacking mental capacity; feeble-minded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

lacking mental capacity and subtlety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dim-witted, simple

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

lacking subtlety and insight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a simple-minded argument

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: прастаду́шны (prastadúšny) — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Polish: prostoduszny — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Russian: простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj) — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Ottoman Turkish: ساده (sade) — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy) — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Ukrainian: простоду́шний (prostodúšnyj) — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Vietnamese: khờ — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Vietnamese: khờ khạo — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Vietnamese: khờ dại — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Vietnamese: dại khờ — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Vietnamese: dại — Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  • Chinese Cantonese: 頭腦簡單 /头脑简单 — Lacking mental capacity
  • Finnish: heikkomielinen — Lacking mental capacity
  • Finnish: heikkolahjainen — Lacking mental capacity
  • Finnish: yksinkertainen — Lacking mental capacity
  • Finnish: vähäjärkinen — Lacking mental capacity
  • French: simple d'esprit — Lacking mental capacity
  • French: simplet — Lacking mental capacity
  • East Central German: aafaltich — Lacking mental capacity
  • Irish: aertha — Lacking mental capacity
  • Irish: simplí — Lacking mental capacity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enfoldig — Lacking mental capacity
  • Spanish: simplón — Lacking mental capacity