Thesaurus: simple

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1. 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.
2. a. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
3. a. Mere; not other than; being only.
4. a. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
5. a. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
6. a. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
7. a. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
8. a. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
9. a. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
10. a. Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
11. a. 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.
12. a. Homogenous.
13. a. Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
14. a. Something not mixed or compounded.
15. a. A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
16. a. A drawloom.
17. a. A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
18. a. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
19. v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants.