Simple Simon

noun

A fool, or gullible person.

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Meanings

nounSimple Simon (plural Simple Simons)

plural Simple Simons

  1. A fool, or gullible person.

    Now, will your kind of birth control select out specially for suppression the Simple Simons, the Peeping Toms, the Dumme Lisas? Oh, no, indeed.

    2003, Margaret Sanger, Michael W. Perry, The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective, page 188

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dupe

Origin

From the nursery rhyme of the same name.

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APA

Simple Simon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Simple%20Simon

MLA

“Simple Simon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Simple%20Simon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Simple Simon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Simple%20Simon.

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