Simpleminded — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Simpleminded (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment

   "a simpleminded view of a complex problem"

   similar: aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf, naive, primitive, simple, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed
   related: callow, childish, immature, inexperienced, raw, childlike, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, believing, credulous, gullible, susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguarded, beguiled, duped, gulled, tricked, careless, heedless, thoughtless
   opposite: cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
   near: critical, cynical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvinced, careful, cautious, guarded, leery, wary, watchful, down-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic, realistic, sober, street-smart, streetwise

2. showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

   "scornful of their simpleminded belief that their parents would always be there to take care of them"

   similar: absurd, asinine, balmy, barmy (chiefly British), batty, brainless, bubbleheaded, cockeyed, crackbrained, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, fatuous, featherheaded, fool, foolish, fruity (slang), gaga, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, inept, insane, jerky, kooky, loony, loony tunes, lunatic (informal), lunkheaded, mad, meshuga, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, stupid, tomfool, unwise, wacko, wacky, weak-minded, witless, zany, out to lunch
   related: airheaded, birdbrained, boobish, brain-dead, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, clueless, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey, dorky (slang), dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, feebleminded, gormless (chiefly British), idiotic, imbecile, knuckleheaded, lamebrain, mindless, moronic, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, thoughtless, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, vacuous, fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, nonrational, surd, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak, farcical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, notional, buffoonish, clownish, ill-advised, unconsidered, unreasoned
   opposite: judicious, prudent, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, wise
   near: brainy, bright, clever, intelligent, smart, logical, rational, reasonable, valid, well-advised