- easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter;simple tools.
- not elaborate or artificial; plain: a simple style.
- not ornate or luxurious; unadorned: a simple gown.
- unaffected; unassuming; modest: a simple manner.
- not complicated: a simple design.
- not complex or compound;single
- occurring or considered alone; mere; bare: the simple truth;a simple fact.
- free of deceit or guile; sincere; unconditional: a frank, simple answer.
- common or ordinary: a simple soldier.
- not grand or sophisticated; unpretentious: a simple way of life.
- humble or lowly: simple folk.
- inconsequential or rudimentary.
- unlearned; ignorant.
- lacking mental acuteness or sense: a simple way of thinking.
- unsophisticated; naive; credulous.
- simpleminded.
- Chemistry.
- composed of only one substance or element: a simple substance.
- not mixed.
- not divided into parts: a simple leaf;a simple stem.
- not compound: a simple ascidian.
- uncompounded or without overtones; single: simple tone.
- having only the head without modifying elements included: The simple subject of “The dappled pony gazed over the fence” is “pony.”
- (of a verb tense) consisting of a main verb with no auxiliaries, as takes (simple present) or stood (simple past) (opposed to compound).
- linear (def. 8).
- (of a lens) having two optical surfaces only.
- an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- something simple, unmixed, or uncompounded.
- cords for controlling the warp threads in forming the shed on draw-looms.
- a person of humble origins; commoner.
- an herb or other plant used for medicinal purposes: country simples.
- not involved or complicated; easy to understand or do
- plain; unadorned
- consisting of one element or part only; not combined or complex
- unaffected or unpretentious
- not guileful; sincere; frank
- of humble condition or rank
- weak in intelligence; feeble-minded
- without additions or modifications; mere
- ordinary or straightforward
- (of a substance or material) consisting of only one chemical compound rather than a mixture of compounds
- maths
- (of a fraction) containing only integers
- (of an equation) containing variables to the first power only; linear
- (of a root of an equation) occurring only once; not multiple
- biology
- not divided into parts
- formed from only one ovary
- relating to or denoting a time where the number of beats per bar may be two, three, or four
- a simpleton; fool
- a plant, esp a herbaceous plant, having medicinal properties
