simple

Adjective
  1. Having few parts;
    Not complex or complicated or involved (synset 302182456)
    "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
    also:
    • easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
    • plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
    • simple, unsubdivided - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
    tells us about: complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded
    similar to:
  2. Easy and not involved or complicated (synset 300753900)
    "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
    similar to: easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
    same as: elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic
  3. Apart from anything else;
    Without additions or modifications (synset 301797082)
    "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
    similar to: plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
    same as: bare, mere
  4. Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity (synset 302279797)
    "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
    similar to: naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
    same as: childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed
  5. Lacking mental capacity and subtlety (synset 301847305)
    similar to: retarded - relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
    same as: dim-witted, simple-minded
  6. (botany) of leaf shapes;
    Of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions (synset 302173903)
    also:
    • simple - having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
    • smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
    referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
    similar to:
    same as: unsubdivided
  7. Unornamented (synset 301798321)
    "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
    similar to: plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Noun
  1. Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties (synset 112233207)
    domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  2. A person lacking intelligence or common sense (synset 110618762)
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    same as: simpleton

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