1. (noun) simple
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
2. (adj) simpleton, simple
a person lacking intelligence or common sense
3. (adj) simple
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
"a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
4. (adj) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic
easy and not involved or complicated
"an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
5. (adj) bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
"only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
6. (adj) childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
"childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
7. (adj) dim-witted, simple, simple-minded
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
8. (adj) simple, unsubdivided
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
9. (adj) simple
unornamented
"a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
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