English dictionary
simple
adjectivePronunciation
ˈsɪmpəl
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- easy and not involved or complicated
adjective
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
adjective
- unornamented
adjective
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
adjective
- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
adjective
- having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
adjective
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
noun
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
noun
- any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
Example sentences
an elementary problem in statistics
elementary, my dear Watson
a simple game
found an uncomplicated solution to the problem
only the bare facts
shocked by the mere idea
the simple passage of time was enough
the simple truth
a simple country schoolhouse
her black dress — simple to austerity
a simple problem
simple mechanisms
a simple design
a simple substance
childlike trust
dewy-eyed innocence
listened in round-eyed wonder