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ADJECTIVE | 1 | simple | Having few parts |
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2 | simple, elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic | Easy and not involved or complicated | |
3 | simple, bare, mere | Apart from anything else | |
4 | simple, childlike, wide-eyed, dewy-eyed | Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | |
5 | simple, dim-witted, half-witted, simple-minded | Lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety | |
6 | simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes | |
7 | simple | Not elaborate in style | |
NOUN | 1 | simple | Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties |
2 | simple, simpleton | A person lacking intelligence or common sense |
Sounds | sih'mpahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Having few parts. Not complex or complicated or involved. |
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Examples | "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
Attribute of | complexity, complexness |
Similar | elemental, ultimate; oversimplified, simplistic; simplex; simplified; unanalyzable, undecomposable; uncomplicated, unsophisticated |
See also | easy; plain; simple, unsubdivided |
Contrary | complex |
Meaning | Easy and not involved or complicated. |
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Examples | "a simple game" |
Synonyms | elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic |
Similar to | easy |
Meaning | Apart from anything else. Without additions or modifications. |
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Examples | "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" |
Synonyms | bare, mere |
Similar to | plain |
Adverbs | simply |
Meaning | Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. |
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Examples | "simple courtesy" |
Synonyms | childlike, wide-eyed, dewy-eyed |
Similar to | naive, naif |
Meaning | Lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety. |
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Synonyms | dim-witted, half-witted, simple-minded |
Similar to | retarded |
Meaning | (botany) of leaf shapes. Of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
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Synonyms | unsubdivided |
Category | botany, phytology |
Similar | acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped; acuminate; apiculate; caudate; cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform; cuneate, wedge-shaped; deltoid; dolabriform, dolabrate; elliptic; ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike; hastate, spearhead-shaped; lanceolate, lancelike; linear, elongate; lyrate; obtuse; oblanceolate; oblong; obovate; orbiculate, orbicular; ovate; pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped; peltate, shield-shaped; perfoliate; reniform, kidney-shaped; sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped; spatulate, spatula-shaped; unlobed |
See also | simple; smooth; rough |
Contrary | compound |
Meaning | Not elaborate in style. Unornamented. |
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Examples | "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" |
Similar to | plain |
Meaning | Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties. |
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Broader | herb, herbaceous plant |
Usage | archaism, archaicism |
Meaning | A person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
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Synonyms | simpleton |
Narrower | airhead; dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus; dingbat; dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead; dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead; fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool; idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard; idiot savant; nebbish, nebbech; nincompoop, poop, ninny; scatterbrain, forgetful person; schlemiel, shlemiel; schnook, shnook; sheep; space cadet; square, lame; stupid, stupid person, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock; subnormal; twerp, twirp, twit |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |