Simple meaning

What does “simple” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“simple” is a noun and adjective with 9 meanings. Its most common meaning is: any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties.

simple

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
“a simple problem”
“simple mechanisms”
Oppositescomplex
easy and not involved or complicated
“an elementary problem in statistics”
“elementary, my dear Watson”
Synonymselementary uncomplicated unproblematic
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
“only the bare facts”
“shocked by the mere idea”
Synonymsbare mere
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
“childlike trust”
“dewy-eyed innocence”
Synonymschildlike wide-eyed round-eyed dewy-eyed
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
Synonymsdim-witted simple-minded
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
Synonymsunsubdivided
Oppositescompound
unornamented
“a simple country schoolhouse”
“her black dress--simple to austerity”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University