simple
- adjective
- /ˈsɪmpl/
- The recipe calls for just three simple ingredients: flour, sugar, and eggs.
- the simple answer
- the simple fact
- the simple reason
And this isn't just as simple as a trauma bond.
- And this isn't just as simple as a trauma bond.
Examples
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And I believe that it comes down to one simple word, judgement.
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I wish it were that simple.
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Now we took out a very simple message to our people.
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I'm just asking you a simple question.
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The aim of this research is quite simple: to bring some of these issues to the forefront.
Academic text (2017) -
We believe that the change proposed in this article is simple, beneficial, and inevitable.
Academic text (2011) -
So there's these simple things that we can learn.
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It's simple, really.
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Seems simple enough.
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It's very simple.
Synonyms
Showing that something is only small and not important
Simple and not decorated or flavored
Simple and plain without anything special or expensive
Very simple, with only the basic parts that are needed
Simple and basic without extra services or decoration
Simple and having few details
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A basic tool like a lever or pulley that makes work easier by changing the force
- Specialized
A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose
- Formal
Full ownership of land without time limit that you can sell or leave to anyone
- Specialized
A number that shows a part of a whole with whole numbers on top and bottom, like 3/4
- Specialized
A broken bone that does not cut the skin or badly damage nearby tissue
- Specialized
Extra money added only to the original amount, not to any earlier added money
- Formal
Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
- Specialized
A verb form that shows an action or state happened and finished in the past
- Specialized
A verb tense for actions and facts that happen often and are true now
- Specialized
A fruit that grows from one part of a flower with seeds inside, like a grape
- Specialized
A repeating back and forth movement where the pull back gets stronger the farther it moves from center
- Specialized
A brief loss of awareness when someone stares blankly for a few seconds
- Specialized
A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle
- Specialized
A strong, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation, like spiders and heights
- Specialized
A verb tense that talks about regular actions, facts, and situations that are true now
- Specialized
An operation that removes a breast but leaves the chest muscles and lymph nodes still there
- Specialized
A small weight hung from a light string of fixed length that swings back and forth
How Minimal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Simple comes from the Latin simplex, with sim- 'one' and -plex 'fold', meaning 'single'. So when we say 'the simple truth' or 'the simple fact' we mean there is just one thing involved, nothing more.