1. Having few parts; not complex, complicated or involved
   "a simple design"; "a simple substance"; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"
    
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. Unornamented
   "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress — simple to austerity"
    
5. (botany) of leaf shapes; having no divisions or subdivisions
   "The unsubdivided leaves of the magnolia tree are large and simple";
   - unsubdivided
    
6. Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
   "simple trust";
   - childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed
    
7. Lacking mental capacity and subtlety
   "I was simple enough to fall for one man's lies";
   - dim-witted [informal], simple-minded

1. Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
   "Herbalists often refer to medicinal plants as 'simples'"
    
2. A person lacking intelligence or common sense
   "The village simple was often the butt of cruel jokes";
   - simpleton

Derived forms: simpler, simplest, simples

See also: acerate, acerose, acicular, acuminate, apiculate, arrow-shaped, bladelike, caudate, complexity, complexness, cordate, cordiform, cuneate, deltoid, dolabrate, dolabriform, easy, elliptic, elongate, ensiform, fiddle-shaped, five-needled, four-needled, hastate, heart-shaped, kidney-shaped, lancelike, lanceolate, linear, lyrate, mentally retarded, naif, naïf, naive, naïve, needled, needle-shaped, oblanceolate, oblong, obovate, obtuse, orbicular, orbiculate, ovate, pandurate, panduriform, peltate, perfoliate, plain, reniform, sagittate, sagittiform, shield-shaped, simplex, simplistic, smooth, spatula-shaped, spatulate, spearhead-shaped, swordlike, sword-shaped, three-needled, two-needled, unanalysable [Brit, Cdn], unanalyzable [N. Amer], uncomplicated, undecomposable, unlobed, unsophisticated, wedge-shaped, xiphoid

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Antonym: complex, compound

Encyclopedia: Simple, Sweet, and Smiling