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simple > 9 senses
ADJECTIVE1simpleHaving few parts
2simple, elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematicEasy and not involved or complicated
3simple, bare, mereApart from anything else
4simple, childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyedExhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
5simple, dim-witted, half-witted, simple-mindedLacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety
6simple, unsubdivided(botany) of leaf shapes
7simpleUnornamented
NOUN1simpleAny herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
2simple, simpletonA person lacking intelligence or common sense
simple > pronunciation
Soundssih'mpahl
Rhymesabdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl...
simple > adjective 1
MeaningHaving few parts. Not complex or complicated or involved.
Examples"a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
Contrarycomplex
Similarsimplex; unanalyzable, undecomposable; uncomplicated, unsophisticated
See alsoeasy; plain; simple, unsubdivided
Attribute ofcomplexity, complexness
Nounssimplicity, simpleness
simple > adjective 2
MeaningEasy and not involved or complicated.
Examples"a simple game"
Synonymselementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic
Similar toeasy
Nounssimplicity, simpleness
simple > adjective 3
MeaningApart from anything else. Without additions or modifications.
Examples"the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
Synonymsbare, mere
Similar toplain
Adverbssimply
simple > adjective 4
MeaningExhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
Synonymschildlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed
Similar tonaive, naif
Nounssimplicity, simpleness
simple > adjective 5
MeaningLacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety.
Synonymsdim-witted, half-witted, simple-minded
Similar toretarded
Nounssimpleness
simple > adjective 6
Meaning(botany) of leaf shapes. Of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions.
Synonymsunsubdivided
Contrarycompound
Similaracerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped; acuminate; apiculate; caudate; cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform; cuneate, wedge-shaped; deltoid; dolabriform, dolabrate; elliptic; ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike; hastate, spearhead-shaped; lanceolate, lancelike; linear, elongate; lyrate; needled; two-needled; three-needled; four-needled; five-needled; obtuse; oblanceolate; oblong; obovate; orbiculate, orbicular; ovate; pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped; peltate, shield-shaped; perfoliate; reniform, kidney-shaped; sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped; spatulate, spatula-shaped; unlobed
Categorybotany, phytology
See alsosimple; smooth; rough
Nounssimplicity
simple > adjective 7
MeaningUnornamented.
Examples"a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
Similar toplain
Nounssimplicity, simpleness
simple > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny herbaceous plant having medicinal properties.
Usagearchaism, archaicism
Broaderherb, herbaceous plant
simple > noun 2, person
MeaningA person lacking intelligence or common sense.
Synonymssimpleton
Broaderperson, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrowerairhead; dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus; dingbat; dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead; dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead; fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool; idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard; idiot savant; nebbish, nebbech; nincompoop, poop, ninny; scatterbrain, forgetful person; schlemiel, shlemiel; schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep; schnook, shnook; sheep; space cadet; square, lame; stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock; subnormal; twerp, twirp, twit

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