Complicated vs. Simple
Complicated and Simple Definitions
Complicated
Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
Simple
Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate
A house with a simple floor plan.
Complicated
Not easy to understand or analyze because of being intricate
A complicated personality.
Simple
Easy to understand, do, or carry out
A simple set of instructions.
A simple chore.
Complicated
Difficult or convoluted.
It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
Simple
Having or composed of only one thing, element, or part
A simple chemical substance.
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Complicated
(biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Simple
Being without additions or modifications; mere
A simple "yes" or "no.".
Complicated
Simple past tense and past participle of complicate
The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
Simple
(Biology) Having no divisions or branches; not compound
A simple leaf.
A simple eye or lens.
Complicated
Difficult to analyze or understand;
A complicated problem
Complicated Middle East politics
Simple
(Music) Being without figuration or elaboration
A simple tone.
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Simple
Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned
A simple dress.
Simple
Not characterized by luxury or elaborate commitments
Simple living.
Simple
Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere
A simple child.
Told us about his achievement in the simplest manner.
Simple
Having or showing little intelligence, education, or experience
Simple people who have trouble understanding health regulations.
Simple
Lowly in condition or rank
A simple woodcutter.
Simple
A medicinal plant or the medicine obtained from it.
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Simple
Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
Simple
Without ornamentation; plain.
Simple
Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
Simple
Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
Simple
Trivial; insignificant.
Simple
Feeble-minded; foolish.
Simple
Structurally uncomplicated.
Simple
Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
Simple
(mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.
Simple
(botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
Simple
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.
Simple
(zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
A simple ascidian
Simple
(mineralogy) Homogenous.
Simple
(obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
Simple
(pharmaceutical drug) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
Simple
A physician.
Simple
(logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
Simple
(obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
Simple
(weaving) A drawloom.
Simple
(weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
Simple
(Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
Simple
To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.
Simple
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
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
Simple
Mere; not other than; being only.
A medicine . . . whose simple touchIs powerful to araise King Pepin.
Simple
Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.
Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
To be simple is to be great.
Simple
Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
In simple manners all the secret lies.
Simple
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
Simple
Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Simple
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.
Simple
Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
A simple husbandman in garments gray.
Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire.
Simple
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
Simple
Homogenous.
Simple
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; - opposed to compound.
I am a simple woman, much too weakTo oppose your cunning.
He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion.
Simple
Something not mixed or compounded.
Simple
A medicinal plant; - so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.
Simple
A drawloom.
Simple
A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
Simple
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.
Simple
Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
Simple
A person lacking intelligence or common sense
Simple
Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved;
A simple problem
Simple mechanisms
A simple design
A simple substance
Simple
Easy and not involved or complicated;
An elementary problem in statistics
Elementary, my dear Watson
A simple game
Found an uncomplicated solution to the problem
Simple
Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
Only the bare facts
Shocked by the mere idea
The simple passage of time was enough
The simple truth
Simple
Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;
Childlike trust
Dewy-eyed innocence
Simple courtesy
Simple
Lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety
Simple
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
Simple
Not elaborate in style; unornamented;
A simple country schoolhouse
Her black dress--simple to austerity
