ENGLISH: simple - CREOLE: senp



Overview of noun simple



The noun simple has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. simple -- (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, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple -- (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder")

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 -- (unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity")

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