simplify
Reduce to essentials
To simplify is to make something less complex or easier to understand.
You simplify instructions by removing unnecessary steps, simplify a fraction by reducing it to lowest terms, or simplify your life by getting rid of clutter.
The word often implies stripping away complications to reveal what's essential: Let me simplify this for you.
Remove unnecessary elements
- condenseMake more compact
- consolidateUnite separate things
- pareRemove outer layer
- trimRemove unwanted edges
prune · cut · shorten · curtail · downsize · minimize · compress · distill
Make something understood
- elucidateTo make understood
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- decodeConvert from cipher
decipher · unravel · disentangle · translate · interpret · spell out · break down · dumb down
Make something easier
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- uncomplicateMake less complex
- straightenMake linear or orderly
- user-friendlyEasy to operate
intuitive · painless · effortless · frictionless · lighten · unburden
One favoring bare essentials
- cleanFree of soil
- spareHeld in reserve
- unclutteredFree from disorder
- starkSevere and unadorned
austere · streamlined · elegant · restrained · unadorned · refined · pared-down · sleek
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
- condenseMake more compact
- consolidateUnite separate things
- pareRemove outer layer
trim · prune · cut · shorten · curtail · downsize · minimize · compress · distill · abridge
explain
Make something understood
- elucidateTo make understood
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- illuminateSupply with radiance
decode · decipher · unravel · disentangle · translate · interpret · spell out · break down · dumb down · untangle
facilitate
Make something easier
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- uncomplicateMake less complex
- straightenMake linear or orderly
user-friendly · intuitive · painless · effortless · frictionless · lighten · unburden
minimalist
One favoring bare essentials
- cleanFree of soil
- spareHeld in reserve
- unclutteredFree from disorder
stark · austere · streamlined · elegant · restrained · unadorned · refined · pared-down · sleek · functional
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- resolutionslose weight, quit smoking, save money, eat healthy, get fit
- streamliningstreamline, optimize, consolidate, condense, minimize
- geospatial methodsgeoreferencing, buffering, overlay, intersect, clip
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, discarding
simplifycomplicate
Make more difficult
sophisticate · entangle · convolute · elaborate · compound
- elegant simplicityTasteful lack of clutter
- Simplified ChineseReduced-stroke logographic script
- rustic simplicityUnrefined country charm
- simplified vocabularyEasier word choices
- rural simplicityUnpretentious country living
- simplified charactersReduced-stroke Chinese script
simplicity, simplified, simplistic, simplification, simplifies, simplifying, oversimplify, oversimplified, oversimplification