Dicts.info 

English dictionary

English word:    

simple

View results from:   Wordnet   |   Webster   |   Wiktionary   |   Easton



simple in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    bare  mere  simple 
  2. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
    "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
    childlike  wide-eyed  round-eyed  dewy-eyed  simple 
  3. lacking mental capacity and subtlety
    dim-witted  simple  simple-minded 
  4. 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"
    elementary  simple  uncomplicated  unproblematic 
  5. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
    simple  unsubdivided 
  6. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
    "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
    simple 
  7. unornamented
    "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
    simple 
noun
  1. a person lacking intelligence or common sense
    simpleton  simple 
  2. any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
    simple 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University