Noun | 1. | simple - any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties |
2. | simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense Synonyms: simpleton | |
Adj. | 1. | simple - having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" Antonyms: complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs" |
2. | simple - 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" | |
3. | simple - 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" | |
4. | simple - exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy" | |
5. | simple - lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety | |
6. | simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions Synonyms: unsubdivided Antonyms: compound - of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes | |
7. | simple - not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" |
SIMPLE. Not compounded, alone; as, simple interest, which is interest on the principal sum lent only and not interest on the interest; simple contract, &c.
1. | SIMPLE - Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). | ||
2. | SIMPLE - Simulation of Industrial Management Problems with Lots of Equations. R.K. Bennett, 1958. Predecessor to DYNAMO, for IBM 704. |