simple
Adjective:
- Easy to understand or do; not complicated: Having few parts or steps; straightforward.
- Plain or basic in form, design, or nature; without much decoration or extra things: Not ornate or luxurious.
- Used to emphasize the fundamental or absolute nature of something: Mere, pure, or nothing more than.
- Having or showing a lack of experience, sophistication, or intelligence: Naive, credulous, or unsophisticated.
- (Botany) Of a leaf: Not divided into separate parts.
Noun:
- (Archaic) A person lacking intelligence or common sense: A foolish or naive person.
- (Archaic) A medicinal herb or plant: A plant used for healing.
Adjective:
- The instructions were simple and easy to follow.
- She prefers a simple black dress without any patterns.
- It was a simple case of mistaken identity.
- He has a simple, trusting nature.
- The tree has simple leaves, not compound ones.
Noun:
- The wise fool in the story outsmarted the so-called simples of the court. (Archaic)
- The healer gathered various simples from the forest. (Archaic)
"The simple life": A way of living that is plain and without modern luxuries or complications.
- After retiring, they moved to the countryside to enjoy the simple life.
"Simple as that": Used to emphasize that something is very straightforward or requires no further explanation.
- If you're not happy, leave. It's as simple as that.
"Pure and simple": Used after a noun to emphasize that something is the only or most important factor.
- His success was due to hard work, pure and simple.
Simplify (verb): To make something simpler or easier to do or understand.
- The new software simplifies the tax filing process.
Simplicity (noun): The quality or condition of being simple.
- The simplicity of the design is its greatest strength.
Simplistic (adjective): Treating complex issues as if they were much simpler than they are, often misleadingly so. (Note: This is different from 'simple' and can have a negative connotation.)
- His simplistic solution failed to address the root causes of the problem.
- Easy, straightforward, uncomplicated (for tasks/problems).
- Plain, basic, unadorned (for style/design).
- Mere, sheer, pure (for emphasis).
- Naive, unsophisticated, guileless (for character).
- Complex, complicated, difficult.
- Ornate, elaborate, fancy.
- Sophisticated, worldly, shrewd.
Keep it simple: An instruction or principle to avoid unnecessary complexity.
- When giving a presentation, it's best to keep it simple.
Simple-minded: Having or showing a lack of intelligence or good judgment.
- It was a simple-minded plan that was bound to fail.
- unornamented
- a simple country schoolhouse
- her black dress--simple to austerity
- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- childlike trust
- dewy-eyed innocence
- listened in round-eyed wonder
- 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
- 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
- having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
- a simple problem
- simple mechanisms
- a simple design
- a simple substance
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties