Roget's Thesaurus

#849. Simplicity

Nouns

simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress, chastity.

Verbs

be simple etc. adj.. render simple etc. adj.; simplify, uncomplicate.

Adjectives

simple, plain; homely, homespun; ordinary, household. unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless) 703; free from affectation, free from ornament; simplex munditiis [Lat.] [Horace]; sans facon [Fr.], en deshabille [Fr.]. chaste, inornate, severe. unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked, ungarnished, unarranged, untrimmed, unvarnished. bald, flat, dull.

Phrases

veritatis simplex oratio est [Lat.].