Word family noun simplicity simplification simpleton adjective simple simplistic verb simplify adverb simply simplistically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsimpletonsim‧ple‧ton /ˈsɪmpəltən/ noun [countable] old-fashioned STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTsomeone who has a very low level of intelligenceExamples from the Corpus
simpleton• He did not in the least wish the future Mrs Newland Archer to be a simpleton.• Like some bloody simpleton he was being drawn in.• The merest simpleton could draw the conclusion.• The courts accept that ordinary readers are not literal-minded simpletons.Origin simpleton (1600-1700) simple + -ton (probably as in names like Washington) 