simplicity

Other forms of simplicity

plural

simplicities·

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 simplicity

What does simplicity mean?

simplicity means "the quality of being simple or uncompounded". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in simplicity?

simplicity has 4 syllables: sim-plic-i-ty. The stress falls on "plic". In IPA it is /sɪmˈplɪsəti/.

What is another word for simplicity?

Close synonyms include simpleness, simpleness, simple mindedness, simmpleness, ease. 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.

What is the opposite of simplicity?

The recorded antonyms are complexity.

Is simplicity a common word?

simplicity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with simplicity?

1 word rhymes with simplicity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.