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simple vs schlemiel

schlemiel vs simple

simple and schlemiel both are nouns.

simple is an adjective but schlemiel is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
simple Yes Yes No No
schlemiel Yes No No No
As nouns, schlemiel is a hyponym of simple; that is, schlemiel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than simple:
  • simple: a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  • schlemiel: (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
Other hyponyms of simple include airhead, dimwit, doofus, half-wit, nitwit, dingbat, boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead, fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool, changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard, idiot savant, nebbech, nebbish, nincompoop, ninny, poop, forgetful person, scatterbrain, shlemiel, schlep, schlepper, shlep, shlepper, schnook, shnook, sheep, space cadet, lame, square, dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person, subnormal, twerp, twirp, twit.
simple (noun) schlemiel (noun)
a person lacking intelligence or common sense (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
simple (adjective) schlemiel (adjective)
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
easy and not involved or complicated
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
unornamented
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
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