| easy | | |
| adj. | 1. easy | posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" |
| ~ undemanding | requiring little if any patience or effort or skill.; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss" |
| ~ effortless, casual | not showing effort or strain.; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace" |
| ~ clean | without difficulties or problems.; "a clean test flight" |
| ~ cushy, easygoing, soft | not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship.; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job" |
| ~ elementary, unproblematic, simple, uncomplicated | easy and not involved or complicated.; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" |
| ~ hands-down | achieved without great effort.; "a hands-down victory" |
| ~ painless | requiring little hard work or exertion.; "a painless solution to the problem" |
| ~ simplified | made easy or uncomplicated. |
| ~ smooth | lacking obstructions or difficulties.; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" |
| ~ user-friendly | easy to use. |
| ~ effortless | requiring or apparently requiring no effort.; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air" |
| ~ soft | compassionate and kind; conciliatory.; "he was soft on his children" |
| ~ simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| adj. | 2. easy, easygoing, leisurely | not hurried or forced.; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace" |
| ~ unhurried | relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste.; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice" |
| adj. | 3. easy | free from worry or anxiety.; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words" |
| ~ comfortable | free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind.; "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents" |
| ~ relaxed | without strain or anxiety.; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion" |
| adj. | 4. easy | affording pleasure.; "easy good looks" |
| ~ pleasing | giving pleasure and satisfaction.; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" |
| adj. | 5. easy, gentle, soft | having little impact.; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" |
| ~ light | of little intensity or power or force.; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" |
| adj. | 6. easy | readily exploited or tricked.; "an easy victim"; "an easy mark" |
| ~ impressible, impressionable, waxy | easily impressed or influenced.; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" |
| adj. | 7. comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community" |
| ~ rich | possessing material wealth.; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" |
| adj. | 8. easy, gentle | marked by moderate steepness.; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope" |
| ~ gradual | (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt.; "a gradual slope" |
| adj. | 9. easy | affording comfort.; "soft light that was easy on the eyes" |
| ~ comfortable, comfy | providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal).; "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?" |
| adj. | 10. easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" |
| ~ unchaste | not chaste.; "unchaste conduct" |
| adj. | 11. easy | less in demand and therefore readily obtainable.; "commodities are easy this quarter" |
| ~ economic science, economics, political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management. |
| ~ available | obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service.; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long" |
| adj. | 12. easy | obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally.; "easy money" |
| ~ economic science, economics, political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management. |
| ~ abundant | present in great quantity.; "an abundant supply of water" |
| adv. | 13. easily, easy | with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily').; "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| adv. | 14. easy, slow, slowly, tardily | without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly').; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| adv. | 15. easy, soft | in a relaxed manner; or without hardship.; "just wanted to take it easy" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| simple | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. simple | any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties. |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| n. (person) | 2. simple, simpleton | a person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ airhead | a flighty scatterbrained simpleton.; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one" |
| ~ dimwit, doofus, nitwit, half-wit | a stupid incompetent person. |
| ~ dingbat | a silly empty-headed person.; "you would be a dingbat even to try it"; "yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister" |
| ~ boob, booby, pinhead, dope, dumbbell, dummy | an ignorant or foolish person. |
| ~ fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap | a person who lacks good judgment. |
| ~ changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard | a person of subnormal intelligence. |
| ~ idiot savant | person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory). |
| ~ nebbech, nebbish | (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton. |
| ~ nincompoop, ninny, poop | a stupid foolish person. |
| ~ forgetful person, scatterbrain | a flighty and disorganized person. |
| ~ schlemiel, shlemiel | (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler. |
| ~ schlep, schlepper, shlep, shlepper | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person. |
| ~ schnook, shnook | (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised.; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" |
| ~ sheep | a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon. |
| ~ space cadet | someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug). |
| ~ lame, square | someone who doesn't understand what is going on. |
| ~ dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person | a person who is not very bright.; "The economy, stupid!" |
| ~ subnormal | a person of less than normal intelligence. |
| ~ twerp, twirp, twit | someone who is regarded as contemptible. |
| adj. | 3. simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| ~ easy | posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| ~ unsubdivided, simple | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
| ~ simplex | having only one part or element.; "a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'" |
| ~ simplistic | characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity.; "a simplistic theory of the universe"; "simplistic arguments of the ruling party" |
| ~ unanalyzable, undecomposable | representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts.; "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and unanalyzable" |
| ~ uncomplicated, unsophisticated | lacking complexity.; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine" |
| adj. | 4. elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic | easy and not involved or complicated.; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" |
| ~ easy | posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" |
| adj. | 5. bare, mere, simple | apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| adj. | 6. childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" |
| ~ naif, naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
| adj. | 7. dim-witted, simple, simple-minded | lacking mental capacity and subtlety. |
| ~ retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
| adj. | 8. simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| ~ acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped | narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves. |
| ~ acuminate | (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point. |
| ~ apiculate | (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip. |
| ~ caudate | (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip. |
| ~ cordate, cordiform, heart-shaped | (of a leaf) shaped like a heart. |
| ~ cuneate, wedge-shaped | (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base. |
| ~ deltoid | triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex. |
| ~ dolabrate, dolabriform | having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver. |
| ~ elliptic | (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse. |
| ~ bladelike, ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike | shaped like a sword blade.; "the iris has an ensiform leaf" |
| ~ hastate, spearhead-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base. |
| ~ lancelike, lanceolate | (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex. |
| ~ elongate, linear | (of a leaf shape) long and narrow. |
| ~ lyrate | (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre. |
| ~ needled | of trees whose leaves are acerate. |
| ~ two-needled | (of conifers) having two needles. |
| ~ three-needled | (of conifers) having three needles. |
| ~ four-needled | (of conifers) having four needles. |
| ~ five-needled | (of conifers) having five needles. |
| ~ obtuse | (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex. |
| ~ oblanceolate | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. |
| ~ oblong | (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides. |
| ~ obovate | (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base. |
| ~ orbicular, orbiculate | circular or nearly circular. |
| ~ ovate | of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base. |
| ~ fiddle-shaped, pandurate, panduriform | (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center. |
| ~ peltate, shield-shaped | (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example). |
| ~ perfoliate | (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem. |
| ~ kidney-shaped, reniform | (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney. |
| ~ arrow-shaped, sagittate, sagittiform | (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes. |
| ~ spatula-shaped, spatulate | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base. |
| ~ unlobed | without lobes. |
| ~ simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| ~ smooth | of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. |
| adj. | 9. simple | unornamented.; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| readily | | |
| adv. | 1. readily | without much difficulty.; "these snakes can be identified readily" |
| adv. | 2. promptly, pronto, readily | in a punctual manner.; "he did his homework promptly" |
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