Simple and Scheming

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Simple adjective - Free from any intent to deceive or impress others.

Usage example: growing up in simple innocence

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Scheming is an antonym for simple.

Scheming adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

Usage example: the novel is about an elderly man and his scheming son who is impatient to inherit the family fortune

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Simple is an antonym for scheming.

Nearby Words: scheme, schemed, schemer

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