simplest

ADJECTIVE

elementary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elemental fundamental rudimentary straightforward underlying

WEAK

ABCs abecedarian basal beginning child's play clear duck soup easy essential facile foundational initial introductory meat and potatoes original plain prefatory preliminary primary primitive primo simplex simplified substratal uncomplex uncomplicated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

additional advanced extra secondary

WEAK

abstruse complex complicated compound difficult hard intricate involved

ADJECTIVE

rudimental

Synonyms

WEAK

ABCs abecedarian basal basic beginning child's play clear duck soup easy elemental essential facile foundational fundamental initial introductory meat and potatoes original plain prefatory preliminary primary primitive primo rudimentary simplex simplified straightforward substratal uncomplex uncomplicated underlying

ADJECTIVE

rudimentary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elemental elementary embryonic primitive simple

WEAK

abecedarian basal beginning early immature initial introductory larval nuts-and-bolts primary uncompleted undeveloped vestigial

Antonyms

STRONGEST

complex complicated difficult intricate sophisticated

WEAK

additional advanced derivative developed extra nonessential

Example Sentences

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And the “Laudamus Te,” with its insistent back-and-forth reiteration of the simplest consonant harmonies, sounds like a prefiguration of Virgil Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Normally, I love the arrow of a Willie Nelson lyric, which is: What’s the simplest way I can say the most complicated thing?

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

"There's an extended sequence that bares everything down to its simplest form," he said.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“One of the simplest truths in technical analysis is that the more times a level gets tested, the more likely it is to break,” he added.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Nor did he shine among them, for the words of any spell, even the simplest illusion-charm, came halting from his tongue, and his hands faltered at their craft.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

simplest

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