simple
adj 1: having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" [ant: 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" [syn: 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" [syn: bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)] 4: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy" [syn: childlike, wide-eyed, dewy-eyed] 5: lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety [syn: dim-witted, half-witted, simple-minded] 6: (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions [syn: unsubdivided] [ant: compound] 7: not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" n 1: any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
