📖 Definitions of "Simplistic"
adjective
- 1
Overly simple.
- 2
In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuance and complexity are lost or important details are overlooked.
- 3
Of or relating to simples, or medicinal herbs.
🔄 Synonyms of "Simplistic"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| simplenoun | Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added. |
| oversimplified | Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Simplistic"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| simple | Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added. |
| oversimplified | Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed. |
| simply | (focus) Merely; solely. |
| bare | Naked, uncovered. |
| facilenoun | (now usually derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy. |
| narrow-minded | Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced. |
| one-sided | Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group. |
| straightforward | Easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty. |
| indiscriminate | (of a person) Without care in making distinctions, thoughtless. |
| naive | Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. |
| ingenuous | Straightforward, candid, open, frank. |
| naïve | Alternative spelling of naive. [Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.] |
| oversimplificationnoun | An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand. |
| bluntnoun | Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. |
| simplificationnoun | The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified. |
| reductionist | Of, or relating to reductionism. |
| simplified | Made more simple; having its complexity reduced. |
| easy | Requiring little skill or effort. |
| simplifyverb | (transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand. |
| reductive | (now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist. |
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