simplify

1. 1.

   make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent

   “We had to simplify the instructions”

   “this move will simplify our lives”

   Antonymscomplicate

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerreduceoversimplify

Other forms of simplify

past tense or participle

simplified

present participle

simplifying·

third person

simplifies·

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 simplify

What does simplify mean?

simplify means "make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent".

How many syllables are in simplify?

simplify has 3 syllables: sim-pli-fy. The stress falls on "sim". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ/.

What is the opposite of simplify?

The recorded antonyms are complicate.

Is simplify a common word?

simplify 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 simplify?

72 words rhyme with simplify. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.