Fancy and Simple

Fancy

Fancy adjective - Made or done with great care or with much detail.
Usage example: we're having a little get-together after the concert—nothing fancy

Simple is an antonym for fancy in topics: elaborate, extravagant.

Simple

Simple adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Usage example: a simple design, and one that never goes out of fashion

Fancy is an antonym for simple in unpretentious topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Fashion Model This is when characters get paid to wear clothes, whether simple or fancy, to make the clothes look good.
    Source: Fashion Model
  • Film / The Court Jester Simple Yet Opulent: Many of the court outfits in this movie range from explicitly fancy to implicitly fancy.
  • Simple Yet Opulent In the manual for Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Zelda's pink dress has some fancy elements (the puff sleeves and the ribbons on the poofy skirt), but just a few, so the dress looks mostly simple.
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