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6-letter words (3 found)

IMPELS,MESPIL,SIMPLE,

5-letter words (14 found)

IMPEL,LIMES,LIMPS,LIPES,MILES,PILES,PLIES,PLIMS,SLIME,SLIPE,SMILE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,

4-letter words (31 found)

ELMS,IMPS,ISLE,LEIS,LEPS,LIES,LIME,LIMP,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,MELS,MILE,MILS,MIPS,MISE,PELS,PIES,PILE,PISE,PLIE,PLIM,SEIL,SEMI,SILE,SIMP,SIPE,SLIM,SLIP,SPIE,SPIM,

3-letter words (24 found)

ELM,ELS,EMS,IMP,ISM,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIP,LIS,MEL,MES,MIL,MIS,PEL,PES,PIE,PIS,PSI,SEI,SEL,SIM,SIP,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EM,ES,IS,LI,ME,MI,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from simple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of simple

simple

Etymology

From Middle English symple, simple, from Old French and French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“I fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc.

Partially displaced native English onefold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪmpəl/, [ˈsɪmpl̩]
  • Hyphenation: sim‧ple
  • Rhymes: -ɪmpəl

Adjective

simple (comparative simpler or more simple, superlative simplest or most simple)

  1. Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
  2. Easy; not difficult.
  3. Without ornamentation; plain.
  4. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
  5. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
    Antonym: gentle
  6. (archaic) Trivial; insignificant.
  7. (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.
  8. (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.
    1. (chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
    2. (mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.
    3. (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
    4. Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. (of a steam engine)
    5. (zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
    6. (mineralogy) Homogenous.
  9. (obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.

Synonyms

  • (consisting of a single part or aspect): onefold
  • (having few parts or features): basic, plain, uncomplex, uncomplicated
  • See also Thesaurus:easy and Thesaurus:bare-bones

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "having few parts or features"): complex, compound, complicated
  • (antonym(s) of "uncomplicated"): subtle

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

simple (plural simples)

  1. (pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) A physician.
  3. (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
  4. (obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
  5. (weaving) A drawloom.
  6. (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
  7. (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Translations

Verb

simple (third-person singular simple present simples, present participle simpling, simple past and past participle simpled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

Derived terms

  • simpler
  • simplist
  • simplify

Anagrams

  • LEMSIP, impels

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simplex.

Adjective

simple (epicene, plural simples)

  1. simple (uncomplicated)

Synonyms

  • cenciellu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsim.plə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈsim.ple]

Adjective

simple m or f (masculine and feminine plural simples)

  1. simple (uncomplicated)
    Synonym: senzill
  2. single (not divided into parts)

Derived terms

  • fulla simple (“simple leaf”)
  • simplement (“simply”)

Related terms

  • símplex (“simplex”)
  • simplicitat (“simplicity”)
  • ximple

Further reading

  • “simple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “simple” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “simple”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish simple (“simple”).

Adjective

simple

  1. simple

Esperanto

Etymology

From simpla +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsimple]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -imple
  • Hyphenation: sim‧ple

Adverb

simple

  1. simply

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃pl/

Adjective

simple (plural simples)

  1. single (multiplier)
  2. simple
    Un homme simple ― A simple man
  3. one-way
    Un billet simple ― A one-way ticket
  4. mere
    Un simple soldat ― A mere soldier

Usage notes

The second and third meanings are taken when the adjective is placed after the noun. The fourth meaning is taken when it is located before the noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: simplu

Noun

simple m (plural simples)

  1. one-way ticket
  2. (baseball) single

Related terms

Further reading

  • “simple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • emplis

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simplex. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese simplez.

Adjective

simple m or f (plural simples)

  1. simple

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

simple

  1. inflection of simpel:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

simple

  1. vocative masculine singular of simplus

Middle English

Adjective

simple

  1. Alternative form of symple

Noun

simple

  1. Alternative form of symple

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

simple

  1. definite singular of simpel
  2. plural of simpel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

simple

  1. definite singular of simpel
  2. plural of simpel

Old French

Alternative forms

  • sinple

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simplex.

Adjective

simple m (oblique and nominative feminine singular simple)

  1. innocent
  2. mere; simple
  3. honest; without pretense
  4. peasant, pauper (attributive)

Descendants

  • French: simple
    • → Romanian: simplu
  • → Middle English: symple, simple
    • Scots: semple
    • English: simple

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsim.ple]

Adjective

simple

  1. feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of simplu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsimple/ [ˈsĩm.ple]
  • Rhymes: -imple
  • Syllabification: sim‧ple

Adjective

simple m or f (masculine and feminine plural simples)

  1. simple (uncomplicated)
    Synonym: sencillo
    Antonym: complejo
  2. (before the noun) mere, ordinary
    Synonym: mero
    Soy un simple pescador. ― I'm just a fisherman.
  3. simple, single (not divided into parts)
    Antonym: compuesto
  4. simple-minded, stupid
  5. insipid, flavorless
    Synonym: soso
  6. (grammar) simple

Usage notes

  • A way to think of the difference between simple and sencillo, which both mean "simple" in English, is that the antonym of simple is complejo (“complex”), whereas the antonym of sencillo is complicado (“complicated”).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Chavacano: simple (inherited)

Noun

simple m or f by sense (plural simples)

  1. simpleton, fool

Noun

simple m (plural simples)

  1. (pharmacology) simple

See also

  • más simple que el mecanismo de un botijo

Further reading

  • “simple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

simple

  1. definite natural masculine singular of simpel

Anagrams

  • simpel

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish simple, from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsimple/, [ˈsim.plɛ]
  • Hyphenation: sim‧ple

Adjective

simple (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. simple; easy to do
    Synonyms: payak, yano, liso
  2. common; ordinary
    Synonyms: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
  3. easy to understand
  4. simple; plain
    Synonym: payak
  5. (grammar) simple
    Synonym: payak

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “simple”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org