From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, simple, 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"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" [syn: childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy- eyed, simple] 5: lacking mental capacity and subtlety [syn: dim-witted, simple, simple-minded] 6: (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions [syn: simple, unsubdivided] [ant: compound] 7: unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" n 1: any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties 2: a person lacking intelligence or common sense [syn: simpleton, simple]