English Explanatory Dictionary

simple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
  2. Easy; not difficult.
  3. Without ornamentation; plain.
  4. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
  5. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
  6. Trivial; insignificant.
  7. Feeble-minded; foolish.
  8. Structurally uncomplicated.
  9. Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
  10. Being non-trivial, and admitting no proper non-trivial quotients.
  11. Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
  12. Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
noun
  1. A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  2. A physician.
  3. A simple or atomic proposition.
  4. Something not mixed or compounded.
  5. A drawloom.
  6. Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
  7. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
verb
  1. To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪm.pəl/ [ˈsɪm.pɫ̩] En-uk-simple.ogg En-us-simple.ogg /ˈsəm.pəl/ [ˈsɘm.pɫ̩]

Word forms

simple simpler more simple simplest most simple simples simpling simpled

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English symple, simple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“to fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc. Partially displaced native English onefold.

Synonyms

onefold austere bare bare-bones bargain basic cheap default discreet economy elemental elementary essential foundational fundamental incomplex light modest no-frills plain pure restrained rudimentary run-of-the-mill simple slimline spartan standard stripped down stripped uncomplicated unembellished uninvolved unmodified unvarnished vanilla trivial as a duck takes to water easy easy as 123 easy as ABC easy as cake easy as pie easy as falling off a log easy as rolling off a log easy as toffee easy-breezy easy peasy easy peasy Japanesey easy peasy lemon squeezy eath effortless facile idiotproof like a duck takes to water like falling off a log like riding a bike like robbing a baby like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel

Antonyms

subtle challenging hard arduous nasty difficult effortful rough rocky thistly tough uneath unsimple flashy tinselly bedizened blatant blingish brash campy catchpenny chichi chintzy corny crass crude flaunting florid flossy froufrou garish gauche gaudy gay glaring gross gussied up hideous kitsch kitschy loud meretricious naff obtrusive ostentatious pizazzy pretentious ritzy raffish schlocky showy snazzy splendiferous tacky tasteless tawdry too much trinkety unbecoming untasteful

Derived words

central simple algebra fee simple future simple gentle and simple gentle nor simple gentle or simple it's as simple as that nonsimple oversimple past simple plain and simple present simple pure and simple quasisimple semisimple simple algebra simple as simple as a pimple simple as kiss your hand simple beam simple connectedness simple connectivity simple continued fraction simple contract simple curve simple dislocation simple engine simple English simple equation simple extension simple eye simple fraction simple fracture simple fruit simple function simple future simple group simple harmonic motion simple harmonic oscillator simplehead simplehearted simple-hearted simple hyperopia simple interest simple knot simple leaf simple-lifeish simple linear regression simple living simple machine simple majority simple mastectomy simple meter simple microscope simple-minded simple myopia simpleness simple past simple pendulum simple pistil

Translations

Afrikaans: eenvoudig Albanian: thjeshtë Arabic: بَسِيط Arabic: سَهْل Arabic: بسيط Arabic: سَهَل Aragonese: simple Armenian: պարզ Armenian: հասարակ Assamese: সৰল Assamese: সহজ Asturian: simple Asturian: cenciellu Azerbaijani: sadə Azerbaijani: bəsit Bashkir: ябай Basque: erraz Belarusian: про́сты Belarusian: лёгкі Bengali: সহজ Breton: eeun Bulgarian: прост Bulgarian: ле́сен Burmese: ရိုး Catalan: simple Catalan: senzill Chinese Mandarin: 簡單 /简单 Chinese Mandarin: 容易 Chinese Mandarin: 簡易 /简易 Cornish: sempel Czech: jednoduchý Czech: prostý Czech: lehký Danish: enkel Danish: simpel Dutch: eenvoudig Dutch: simpel Esperanto: simpla Estonian: lihtne Faroese: einfaldur Finnish: yksinkertainen Finnish: simppeli Finnish: selko- French: simple West-Frisian: ienfâldich Galician: simple Galician: sinxelo Georgian: მარტივი Georgian: უბრალო Georgian: სადა Georgian: იოლი German: einfach German: simpel Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 Greek: απλός Ancient Greek: ἁπλόος Ancient Greek: λιτός Gujarati: સાદું Haitian Creole: senp Hawaiian: maʻalahi Hebrew: פשוט Hindi: सरल Hindi: आसान Hungarian: egyszerű Hunsrik: eenfach
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