SIMPLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simpleness mean? 

• SIMPLENESS (noun)
  The noun SIMPLENESS has 4 senses:

1. a lack of penetration or subtlety

2. the quality of being simple or uncompounded

3. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

4. lack of ornamentation

  Familiarity information: SIMPLENESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMPLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of penetration or subtlety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

simple mindedness; simpleness; simplicity

Context example:

they took advantage of her simplicity

Hypernyms ("simpleness" is a kind of...):

naiveness; naivete; naivety (lack of sophistication or worldliness)

Derivation:

simple (lacking mental capacity and subtlety)

simple (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being simple or uncompounded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

simpleness; simplicity

Context example:

the simplicity of a crystal

Hypernyms ("simpleness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Derivation:

simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ease; easiness; simpleness; simplicity

Context example:

the very easiness of the deed held her back

Hypernyms ("simpleness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "simpleness"):

effortlessness (the quality of requiring little effort)

Derivation:

simple (easy and not involved or complicated)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lack of ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chasteness; restraint; simpleness; simplicity

Context example:

the room was simply decorated with great restraint

Hypernyms ("simpleness" is a kind of...):

plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)

Derivation:

simple (unornamented)