Simple Simon
Gullible, unsophisticated person
Simple Simon is a character from a nursery rhyme who fails at basic tasks, making his name shorthand for a foolish or gullible person: Don't be a Simple Simon—read the contract before you sign.
The term carries a gentle, slightly old-fashioned mockery rather than harsh insult.
Room for infants
- pieCrust-enclosed baked dish
- piemanVendor of baked pastries
- pennyOne-cent piece
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
verse · jingle · singalong · recital · children · playground · kindergarten · preschool
Easily deceived
- trustingInclined to believe others
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
green · inexperienced · artless · guileless · impressionable · unsuspecting · wide-eyed · childlike
nursery
Room for infants
Mother Goose · verse · jingle · singalong · recital · children · playground · kindergarten · preschool · storytime
gullible
Easily deceived
unworldly · green · inexperienced · artless · guileless · impressionable · unsuspecting · wide-eyed · childlike · unsophisticated
fool
Unwise, gullible person
dupe · innocent · bumbler · clown · comic · figure · archetype · protagonist · tale · fable
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
lights · sounds · toy · 1980s · arcade · children's game · follow · repeat · challenge · skill
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhymes
- Solitairesolitaire, Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, pyramid
- Pantomime Charactersdame, principal boy, villain, fairy godmother, wicked queen
Simple Simonsophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
sage · wise man · intellectual · genius · mastermind
Simple Simonskeptic
One who doubts claims
cynic · worldly-wise · streetwise · hard-bitten · jaded
Simple Simontrickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
Br'er Rabbit · Reynard the Fox · Anansi · Puss in Boots · Odysseus
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