'Simplify' definitions:
Definition of 'simplify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives" [ant: complicate, perplex]
Definition of 'Simplify'
From: GCIDE
- Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simplified; p. pr. & vb. n. Simplifying.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See Simple, and -fy.] To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. [1913 Webster]
- The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. --W. Nicholson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'simplify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- account for,
- aid,
- allegorize,
- boil down,
- chasten,
- clarify,
- clean up,
- clear the way,
- clear up,
- compress,
- crack,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decipher,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- diminish,
- disentangle,
- disinvolve,
- distill,
- downgrade,
- ease,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- expedite,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- facilitate,
- get across,
- get over,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- hasten,
- help along,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- lessen,
- loose,
- lower,
- lubricate,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- make way for,
- narrow,
- oil,
- open the way,
- open up,
- oversimplify,
- paraphrase,
- pare,
- pave the way,
- popularize,
- prepare the way,
- purify,
- put across,
- put over,
- quicken,
- rationalize,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- refine,
- remove friction,
- restrain,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- run interference for,
- scale down,
- shed light upon,
- shorten,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- solve,
- speed,
- spell out,
- step down,
- straighten,
- streamline,
- strip down,
- take from,
- throw light upon,
- tune down,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- unfold,
- unjam,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- untangle,
- vulgarize