simple meaning and definition

SIMPLE noun

Definition of simple (noun)

1. any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
2. a person lacking intelligence or common sense
   • synonyms: simpleton

SIMPLE adjective

Definition of simple (adjective)

1. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
   • "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
   • antonym: complex
2. 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"
   • synonyms: elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic
3. 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"
   • synonyms: bare, mere
4. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
   • "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
   • synonyms: childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed
5. lacking mental capacity and subtlety
   • synonyms: dim-witted, simple-minded
6. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
   • synonyms: unsubdivided
   • antonym: compound
7. unornamented
   • "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"