simpleness

1. 1.

   a lack of penetration or subtlety

   “they took advantage of her simplicity”

   Synonymssimplicitysimple mindedness

   Broadernaivete
2. 2.

   the quality of being simple or uncompounded

   “the simplicity of a crystal”

   Synonymssimplicity

   Broaderquality
3. 3.

   freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

   “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”

   Synonymseaseeasinesssimplicity

   Broaderquality

   Narrowereffortlessness
4. 4.

   lack of ornamentation

   “the room was simply decorated with great restraint”

   Synonymschastenessrestraintsimplicity

   Broaderplainness

Other forms of simpleness

plural

simplenesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about simpleness

What does simpleness mean?

simpleness means "a lack of penetration or subtlety". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in simpleness?

simpleness has 3 syllables: sim-ple-ness. The stress falls on "sim".

What is another word for simpleness?

Close synonyms include simplicity, simple mindedness, simplicity, ease, easiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is simpleness a common word?

simpleness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.