Canadian English Meaning of simple
simple
Other Canadian English words related to simple
- Bare
- plain
- bald
- Clean
- homely
- honest
- modest
- quiet
- restrained
- spartan
- stripped
- unadorned
- Undecorated
- unadorned
- unadorned
- Unsophisticated
- unvarnished
- Plain vanilla
- antiseptic
- austere
- bleak
- conservative
- divested
- earthy
- Elemental
- forthright
- inconspicuous
- minimalist
- muted
- natural
- severe
- sober
- unadorned
- subdued
- understated
- Unobtrusive
- unpretentious
- toned (down)
- adorned
- decorated
- fancy
- flamboyant
- flashy
- gaudy
- loud
- ostentatious
- showy
- tawdry
- elaborate
- embellished
- exaggerated
- extravagant
- flowery
- garish
- lurid
- ornamented
- ornate
- wrought up
- splashy
- swank
- swanky
- glitzy
- arrayed
- baroque
- bedecked
- dressed
- embroidered
- garnished
- Glittery
- overdone
- Rococo
- trimmed
- Bedizened
- decked-out
- Overdecorated
Nearest Words of simple
- simple absence => Simple absence
- simple closed curve => simple closed curve
- simple eye => simple eye
- simple fraction => Fraction
- simple fracture => Simple fracture
- simple fruit => Simple fruit
- simple harmonic motion => Simple harmonic motion
- simple interest => Simple interest
- simple leaf => Simple leaf
- simple machine => simple machine
Definitions and Meaning of simple in English
simple (n)
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
a person lacking intelligence or common sense
simple (a)
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
simple (s)
easy and not involved or complicated
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
unornamented
simple (a.)
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
Mere; not other than; being only.
Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
Homogenous.
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
Something not mixed or compounded.
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
A drawloom.
A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
simple (v. i.)
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
FAQs About the word simple
simple
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties, a person lacking intelligence or common sense, having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved, easy
Bare,plain,bald,Clean,homely,honest,modest,quiet,restrained,spartan
adorned,decorated,fancy,flamboyant,flashy,gaudy,loud,ostentatious,showy,tawdry
simperingly => with a smirk, simpering => simpering, simperer => Flatterer, simpered => simpered, simper => smirk,
