Crossword-Solution: SIMPLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
| Simple | a. | Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. |
| Simple | a. | Mere; not other than; being only. |
| Simple | a. | Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. |
| Simple | a. | Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. |
| Simple | a. | Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. |
| Simple | a. | Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. |
| Simple | a. | Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. |
| Simple | a. | Humble; lowly; undistinguished. |
| Simple | a. | Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. |
| Simple | 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. |
| Simple | a. | Homogenous. |
| Simple | a. | Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. |
| Simple | a. | Something not mixed or compounded. |
| Simple | a. | A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. |
| Simple | a. | A drawloom. |
| Simple | a. | A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom. |
| Simple | a. | A feast which is not a double or a semidouble. |
| Simple | v. i. | To gather simples, or medicinal plants. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SIMPLE | anagram | IMPELS, MESPIL |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SIMPLE (5)
Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part; and I shall perform it so far as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means, or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary.
The File replied, “You must indeed be a simple-minded fellow if you expect to get anything from me, who am accustomed to take from everyone, and never to give anything in return.” The Lion and the Shepherd A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn.
This is the penalty of telling the truth, of telling the simple truth, in answer to a series of plain questions.
But her eyes had a softness—invariably a softness—which, had they not been dark, would have seemed mistiness; as they were, it lowered an expression that might have been piercing to simple clearness, Strange to say of a woman in full bloom and vigour, she always allowed her interlocutors to finish their statements before rejoining with hers.
These were appropriated by the early Buddhists by the simple expedient of making Kasyâpa the immediately preceding incarnation of the Buddha.
Quotes with SIMPLE (3)
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in…
I'm in love with you," he said quietly." Augustus," I said." I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I kn…
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life... You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss …
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 35 times in crossword archives (1968–2025).