simple

(a) having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
- a simple problem
- simple mechanisms
- a simple design
- a simple substance
(s) 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
elementary, unproblematic, uncomplicated,
(s) 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
mere, bare,
(s) exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- childlike trust
- dewy-eyed innocence
- listened in round-eyed wonder
dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed, childlike,
(s) lacking mental capacity and subtlety dim-witted, simple-minded,
(a) (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions unsubdivided,
(s) unornamented
- a simple country schoolhouse
- her black dress--simple to austerity

elementary unproblematic uncomplicated simpleton mere bare dewy-eyed round-eyed wide-eyed childlike dim-witted simple-minded unsubdivided

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simple absence simple closed curve simple eye simple fraction simple fracture simple fruit simple harmonic motion simple interest simple leaf simple machine simple mastectomy simple microscope simple-minded simple mindedness simpleness simple pendulum simple phobia simple pistil simple protein simple regression simple sentence simple sugar simpleton simplex