English > simple: 9 senses > adjective 6| Meaning | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
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| Synonym | unsubdivided |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
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| Narrower | acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped | Narrow and long and pointed |
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| acuminate | (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point |
| apiculate | (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip |
| caudate | (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip |
| cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform | (of a leaf) shaped like a heart |
| cuneate, wedge-shaped | (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base |
| deltoid | Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex |
| dolabriform, dolabrate | Having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver |
| elliptic | (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse |
| ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike | shaped like a sword blade |
| five-needled | (of conifers) having five needles |
| four-needled | (of conifers) having four needles |
| hastate, spearhead-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base |
| lanceolate, lancelike | (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head |
| linear, elongate | (of a leaf shape) long and narrow |
| lyrate | (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre |
| needled | Of trees whose leaves are acerate |
| oblanceolate | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base |
| oblong | (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides |
| obovate | (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base |
| obtuse | (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex |
| orbiculate, orbicular | Circular or nearly circular |
| ovate | Of a leaf shape |
| pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped | (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center |
| peltate, shield-shaped | (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example) |
| perfoliate | (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem |
| reniform, kidney-shaped | (of a leaf or bean / bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney |
| sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes |
| spatulate, spatula-shaped | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base |
| three-needled | (of conifers) having three needles |
| two-needled | (of conifers) having two needles |
| unlobed | Without lobes |
| See also | rough | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
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| simple | Having few parts |
| smooth | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
| Opposite | compound | Composed of more than one part |
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| Spanish | simple |
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| Nouns | simplicity | the quality of being simple or uncompounded |
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English > simple: 9 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
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| Synonym | simpleton |
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| Narrower | airhead | A flighty scatterbrained / scatterbrained simpleton |
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| dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus | A stupid incompetent person |
| dingbat | A silly empty-headed person |
| dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead | An ignorant or foolish person |
| fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool | A person who lacks good judgment |
| idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard | A person of subnormal intelligence |
| idiot savant | person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory) |
| nebbish, nebbech | (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton |
| nincompoop, poop, ninny | A stupid foolish person |
| scatterbrain, forgetful person | A flighty and disorganized person |
| schlemiel, shlemiel | (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler |
| schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person |
| schnook, shnook | (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised |
| sheep | A timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon |
| space cadet | someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug) |
| square, lame | someone who doesn't understand what is going on |
| stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock | A person who is not very bright |
| subnormal | A person of less than normal intelligence |
| twerp, twirp, twit | someone who is regarded as contemptible |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | ababol, crédulo, ingenuo, inocente, simple, simplón |
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| Catalan | capsigrany, crèdul, enze, ingenu, innocent, simple |
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