simplify
verb
1 simplify
Make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent.
Roget 42:
render simple
etc.
adj.;
simplify.
sift,
winnow,
bolt,
eliminate;
exclude,
get rid of;
clear;
purify
etc.
(clean)
652;
disentangle
etc.
(disjoin)
44.
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Roget 518:
be intelligible
etc.
adj.;
speak for itself,
speak volumes;
tell its own tale,
lie on the surface.
render intelligible
etc.
adj.;
popularize,
simplify,
clear up;
elucidate
etc.
(explain)
522.
understand,
comprehend,
take,
take in;
catch,
grasp,
follow,
collect,
master,
make out;
see with half an eye,
see daylight,
see one's way;
enter into the ideas of;
come to an understanding.
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Roget 849:
be simple
etc.
adj..
render simple
etc.
adj.;
simplify,
uncomplicate.
Dutch: vereenvoudigen, vergemakkelijken, versimpelen, versoberen
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 ... show more.
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