SIMPLENESS

• 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.

• SIMPLENESS (noun)

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)

Meaning:

The quality of being simple or uncompounded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

simplicity; simpleness

Context example:

the simplicity of a crystal

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

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

Meaning:

Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ease; easiness; simpleness; simplicity

Context examples:

he rose through the ranks with apparent ease / they put it into containers for ease of transportation / 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)

Meaning:

Lack of ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chasteness; simpleness; restraint; 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)