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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

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