What does simpler mean?
Simpler means comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging..
Simpler
/ˈsɪm.pəl.ə/ · adjective
Meaning
comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging..
Definitions by Sense
- comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging.
- (archaic) One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
Example Sentences
During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.
One of the great pleasures in botany is, to produce a rather uncommon plant to those who know it to be curious; but the English botanist will not have much satisfaction in shewing it to a simpler, who is not acquainted with it under the name given by Gerard or Ray.
… may with no great impropriety be termed going a simpling; but with this special difference, that your field simpler never picks up a nettle for a marsh-mallow; a mistake which your tour simpler is very liable to.
Synonyms for simpler
Antonyms for simpler
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Word Forms
- simplers
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for simpler?
Common synonyms include simplist.
What is the opposite of simpler?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use simpler in a sentence?
During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.
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