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Grep of noun simple fee simple simple simple absence simple eye simple fraction simple fracture simple fruit simple harmonic motion simple interest simple leaf simple machine simple mastectomy simple microscope simple mindedness simple pendulum simple phobia simple pistil simple protein simple regression simple sugar simpleness simpleton Overview of noun simple The noun simple has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. simple -- ((archaic) any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties) 2. simpleton, simple -- (a person lacking intelligence or common sense) Overview of adj simple The adj simple has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (65) simple -- (having few parts not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance") 2. (10) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic -- (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. (4) bare, mere, 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. (2) childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple -- (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewey-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy") 5. (1) dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded -- (lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety) 6. simple, unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions) 7. simple -- (not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity") Antonyms of adj simple 7 senses of simple Sense 1 simple (vs. complex) complex (vs. simple) => analyzable, decomposable => Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous => colonial, compound => complicated => composite => compound => gordian => interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven => labyrinthine, labyrinthian, mazy => multifactorial => multiplex => thickening Sense 2 elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic INDIRECT (VIA easy) -> difficult, hard Sense 3 bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Sense 4 childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple INDIRECT (VIA naive) -> sophisticated Sense 5 dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded INDIRECT (VIA retarded) -> precocious Sense 6 simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided compound (vs. simple) => bilobate, bilobated, bilobed => binate => bipinnate => cleft, dissected => conjugate => decompound => even-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate => incised => lobed, lobate => odd-pinnate, imparipinnate => parted => palmate, palm-shaped => pedate => pinnate, pinnated => pinnatifid => pinnatisect => quinquefoliate => ternate => trifoliate, trifoliolate, trifoliated => trilobate, trilobated, trilobed => bipartite => bipinnatifid => palmatifid => tripinnate, tripinnated => tripinnatifid Sense 7 simple INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Similarity of adj simple 7 senses of simple Sense 1 simple (vs. complex) => elemental, ultimate => oversimplified, simplistic => simplex => simplified => unanalyzable, undecomposable => uncomplicated, unsophisticated Also See-> easy#1; plain#2; simple#6, unsubdivided#1 Sense 2 elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic => easy (vs. difficult) Sense 3 bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) => plain (vs. fancy) Sense 4 childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple => naive (vs. sophisticated), naif Sense 5 dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded => retarded (vs. precocious) Sense 6 simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided => acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped, needlelike => acuminate => apiculate => caudate => cordate, heart-shaped => cuneate, wedge-shaped => deltoid => dolabriform, dolabrate => elliptic => ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike => hastate, spearhead-shaped => lanceolate, lancelike => linear, elongate => lyrate => obtuse => oblanceolate => oblong => obovate => orbiculate, orbicular => ovate => pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped => peltate, shield-shaped => perfoliate => reniform, kidney-shaped => sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped => spatulate, spatula-shaped => unlobed Also See-> simple#1; smooth#3 Sense 7 simple => plain (vs. fancy) Attributes of adj simple 1 of 7 senses of simple Sense 1 simple (vs. complex) => complexity, complexness Familiarity of adj simple simple used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj simple pure and simple simple simple-minded simplex Overview of noun simple The noun simple has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. simple -- ((archaic) any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties) 2. simpleton, simple -- (a person lacking intelligence or common sense) Overview of adj simple The adj simple has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (65) simple -- (having few parts not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance") 2. (10) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic -- (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. (4) bare, mere, 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. (2) childlike, wide-eyed, dewey-eyed, simple -- (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewey-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy") 5. (1) dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded -- (lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety) 6. simple, unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions) 7. simple -- (not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity")
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