Definition of Simple

Adjective: simple (simpler,simplest)  sim-pul

1. Having few parts; not complex, complicated or involved
   "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
    
2. Easy and not involved or complicated
   "a simple game";
   - elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic
    
3. Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
   "the simple passage of time was enough";
   - bare, mere
    
4. Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
   "simple trust";
   - childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed
    
5. Lacking mental capacity and subtlety
   "I was simple enough to fall for one man's lies";
   - dim-witted, simple-minded
    
6. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
   - unsubdivided
    
7. Unornamented
   "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

1. A person lacking intelligence or common sense
   - simpleton
    
2. [archaic] Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

See also:
simpers
simpleminded

Anagrams containing the word simple

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