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sim·ple·ton noun : a person lacking in common sense : FOOL

Synonyms

booby, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, nitwit, nut, turkey—more at FOOL

sim·plic·i·ty noun, plural -ties 1 : lack of complication : CLEARNESS

2 : freedom from pretense or guile

3 : plainness in manners or way of life

4 : lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight : SILLINESS, FOLLY

5 : directness of expression

Synonyms

[2] artlessness, greenness, ingenuousness, innocence, naïveté, naturalness, unworldliness—more at NAÏVETÉ

[5] clarity, explicitness, lucidity, perspicuity; also directness, forthrightness, openness

Antonyms

obscurity

sim·pli·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing : to make simple or simpler

— sim·pli·fi·ca·tion noun

sim·plis·tic adjective : excessively simple : tending to overlook complexities

sim·ply adverb 1 : without ambiguity; also : without embellishment

2 : to the exclusion of all else; also : no more than

Synonyms

alone, exclusively, just, only, solely—more at SOLELY

sim·u·late verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing : to give or create the effect or appearance of often with the intent to deceive; also : to make a simulation of

— sim·u·la·tor noun

Synonyms

affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, profess, put on, sham—more at FEIGN

sim·u·la·tion noun 1 : the act or process of simulating

2 : an object that is not genuine

3 : the imitation by one system or process of the way in which another system or process works

si·mul·ta·ne·ous adjective : occurring or operating at the same time

— si·mul·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb

— si·mul·ta·ne·ous·ness noun

Synonyms

coeval, concurrent, contemporary, synchronous—more at CONTEMPORARY

1sin noun 1 : an offense esp. against God

2 : FAULT

3 : a weakened state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God

4 : an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible

— sin·less adjective

Synonyms

[1] breach, crime, error, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing—more at OFFENSE

[4] crime, disgrace, pity, shame—more at CRIME

[4] evil, ill, immorality, iniquity, villainy, wrong—more at EVIL

2sin verb sinned; sin·ning : to commit a sin

Synonyms

err, offend, transgress, trespass—more at OFFEND

3sin abbreviation sine

1since adverb 1 : from a past time until now

2 : backward in time : AGO

3 : after a time in the past

2since conjunction 1 : from the time when

2 : seeing that : BECAUSE

Synonyms

because, for, now, whereas

3since preposition 1 : in the period after

2 : continuously from

sin·cere adjective sin·cer·er; sin·cer·est 1 : free from hypocrisy : HONEST

2 : marked by genuineness : GENUINE

— sin·cer·i·ty noun

Synonyms

[1, 2] artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, real, simple, true, unaffected, unpretentious

sin·cere·ly adverb : in a sincere manner

sine noun [ORIGIN: ML sinus, fr. L, curve]

: the trigonometric function that is the ratio between the side opposite an acute angle in a right triangle and the hypotenuse

si·ne·cure noun : a paying job that requires little or no work

si·ne die adverb [ORIGIN: L, without day]

: INDEFINITELY

si·ne qua non noun, plural sine qua nons also sine qui·bus non [ORIGIN: LL, without which not]

: something indispensable or essential

sin·ew noun 1 : TENDON

2 : physical strength

Synonyms

energy, force, main, might, muscle, potency, power, strength, vigor—more at POWER

sin·ewy adjective : having or marked by great physical power

Synonyms

brawny, muscular, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong—more at STRONG

sin·ful adjective : marked by or full of sin : WICKED

— sin·ful·ly adverb

Synonyms

bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, unethical, unsavory, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

sin·ful·ness noun : the quality or state of being sinful

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