Complex

//ˈkɒmplɛks//

Synonyms for "complex" (265 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (53)

Strong matches (80)

Related words (132)

knot knotted knotty laborious labyrinth labyrinthine loused up many sided many-faceted many-sided matted maze mazy mean meander meandering medley mesh mess messed up

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mingled miscellaneous mixed mixed up mixed-up monomania morbid drive mores mother complex motley mucked up multifaceted multifactorial multifarious multinational multiplex multiracial mysterious mystifying network nice no picnic not easy obfuscated obscure obscured obsession obsessive compulsion oedipus complex oneness operose organic unity overtechnical parent complex patchy perplex perplexed perplexing persecution complex pluralistic possession preoccupation prepossession prickly promiscuous puzzling ramified ravel reticular rigorous rough roundabout rube goldberg contraption rugged ruling passion scrambled screwed up serpentine set with thorns severe simple snafu snake pit snarl snarled society sophisticated spiny steep strenuous structure subtle superiority complex syncretic system tangle tangled tangled skein tangly technical thickening thorny thrown together tic ticklish toilsome totality tough trait trait-complex tricky twisted unity uphill vague varied webwork wheels within wheels whole wicked wilderness

Adjective(7 words)

knotty labyrinthal labyrinthine manifold nonsimple problematic tough

Noun(4 words)

species aggregate species complex species group system

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

8 entries

chemical compound compound construction detailed difficult feeling structure whole

More specific

7 entries

Pynchonesque confusing out of one's depth over one's head overdesigned species flock superspecies

Antonyms

2 entries

basic simple

Synonyms

3 entries

building complex complicated simple

Related terms

4 entries

complexion complexity complication symplectic

derived

177 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

complect

has context

6 entries

chemistry geometry math mathematics psychoanalysis psychology

is a

3 entries

compound feeling whole

related to

26 entries

atom building collection complex number complexion complicate complicated composite compound curve difficult easy interconnected military molecule network

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similar

41 entries

Byzantine Gordian analyzable colonial complicated composite compound convoluted daedal decomposable

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Translations

242 translations across 61 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πολύπλοκος adj (intricate)

Arabic

2 entries

مَعْقِد adj (not simple or straightforward)
عُقْدَة noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)

Armenian

4 entries

բարդ adj (intricate)
բարդ adj (not simple or straightforward)
խճճված adj (intricate)
կոմպլեքս adj (in mathematics)

Basque

1 entries

konplexu adj (in mathematics)

Belarusian

1 entries

склада́ны adj (not simple or straightforward)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

जटिल adj (intricate)

Bulgarian

4 entries

комплексен adj (in mathematics)
сло́жен adj (intricate)
сло́жен adj (not simple or straightforward)
съставен adj (intricate)

Catalan

4 entries

complex adj (intricate)
complex adj (not simple or straightforward)
complex adj (in mathematics)
complex noun (collection of buildings)

Chinese

1 entries

複雜 /复杂 adj (not simple or straightforward)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

繁複 /繁复 adj (intricate)
複 /复 adj (in mathematics)
複雜 /复杂 adj (not simple or straightforward)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

繁複 /繁复 adj (intricate)
複 /复 adj (in mathematics)
複雜 /复杂 adj (not simple or straightforward)
建築群 /建筑群 noun (collection of buildings)

Czech

3 entries

komplexní adj (in mathematics)
komplikovaný adj (not simple or straightforward)
komplex noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)

Danish

1 entries

kompleks adj (in mathematics)

Dutch

4 entries

complex adj (intricate)
complex adj (not simple or straightforward)
complex adj (in mathematics)
ingewikkeld adj (intricate)

Esperanto

3 entries

kompleksa adj (not simple or straightforward)
kompleksa adj (in mathematics)
malsimpla adj (not simple or straightforward)

Estonian

1 entries

kompleks noun (in chemistry)

Finnish

4 entries

kompleksi adj (in mathematics)
kompleksinen adj (intricate)
monimutkainen adj (intricate)
monimutkainen adj (not simple or straightforward)

French

4 entries

complexe adj (intricate)
complexe adj (not simple or straightforward)
complexe adj (in mathematics)
complexe noun (collection of buildings)

Galician

4 entries

complexo adj (intricate)
complexo adj (not simple or straightforward)
complexo adj (in mathematics)
complexo noun (collection of buildings)

Georgian

4 entries

კომპლექსური adj (intricate)
კომპლექსური adj (in mathematics)
რთული adj (intricate)
რთული adj (not simple or straightforward)

German

4 entries

komplex adj (in mathematics)
kompliziert adj (intricate)
kompliziert adj (not simple or straightforward)
Gewitterkomplex noun (thunderstorm that forms when two storm fronts collide)

Greek

4 entries

μιγαδικός adj (in mathematics)
περίπλοκος adj (intricate)
πολύπλοκος adj (intricate)
πολύπλοκος adj (not simple or straightforward)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

konplèks adj (intricate)
konplèks adj (not simple or straightforward)

Hawaiian

1 entries

hihi adj (intricate)

Hebrew

3 entries

מורכב adj (intricate)
מורכב adj (not simple or straightforward)
קִרְיָה noun (collection of buildings)

Hindi

4 entries

जटिल adj (intricate)
जटिल adj (not simple or straightforward)
समिश्र adj (in mathematics)
मनोग्रंथि noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)

Hungarian

4 entries

bonyolult adj (not simple or straightforward)
komplex adj (intricate)
komplex adj (in mathematics)
összetett adj (intricate)

Indonesian

4 entries

rumit adj (not simple or straightforward)
kompleks noun (collection of buildings)
kompleks noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)
kompleks noun (in chemistry)

Irish

1 entries

ollionad noun (collection of buildings)

Italian

4 entries

complesso adj (intricate)
complesso adj (in mathematics)
complicato adj (not simple or straightforward)
complesso noun (collection of buildings)

Japanese

4 entries

入り込んだ adj (intricate)
複素 adj (in mathematics)
複雑 adj (not simple or straightforward)
難解な adj (intricate)

Korean

2 entries

복잡하다 adj (not simple or straightforward)
콤플렉스 noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)

Latin

4 entries

complex adj (not simple or straightforward)
complicātus adj (intricate)
involūtus adj (intricate)
involūtus adj (not simple or straightforward)

Macedonian

2 entries

компликуван adj (not simple or straightforward)
сложен adj (not simple or straightforward)

Malay

3 entries

rumit adj (not simple or straightforward)
kompleks noun (collection of buildings)
kompleks noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)

Malayalam

2 entries

സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ adj (intricate)
സമുച്ചയം noun (collection of buildings)

Manx

2 entries

cramp adj (intricate)
ard-hroggalys noun (collection of buildings)

Māori

4 entries

manganga adj (not simple or straightforward)
matatini adj (intricate)
matatini adj (not simple or straightforward)
pīroiroi adj (intricate)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

aloz adj (intricate)

Occitan

1 entries

complèx adj (intricate)

Old English

2 entries

maniġfeald adj (intricate)
maniġfeald adj (not simple or straightforward)

Persian

2 entries

عقده noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)
همتافت noun (collection of buildings)

Polish

4 entries

skomplikowany adj (intricate)
skomplikowany adj (not simple or straightforward)
zespolony adj (in mathematics)
złożony adj (intricate)

Portuguese

4 entries

complexo adj (intricate)
complexo adj (not simple or straightforward)
complexo adj (in mathematics)
complicado adj (not simple or straightforward)

Romanian

3 entries

complex adj (intricate)
complex adj (not simple or straightforward)
complex adj (in mathematics)

Russian

4 entries

ко́мплексный adj (in mathematics)
сло́жный adj (intricate)
сло́жный adj (not simple or straightforward)
составно́й adj (intricate)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

co-thoinnte adj (intricate)
co-thoinnte adj (not simple or straightforward)
eadar-fhighte adj (intricate)
eadar-fhillte adj (intricate)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

složen adj (not simple or straightforward)
сложен adj (not simple or straightforward)

Slovak

1 entries

komplikovaný adj (not simple or straightforward)

Slovene

1 entries

zapleten adj (not simple or straightforward)

Spanish

4 entries

complejo adj (intricate)
complexo adj (in mathematics)
complicado adj (intricate)
complicado adj (not simple or straightforward)

Swedish

4 entries

invecklad adj (not simple or straightforward)
komplex adj (intricate)
komplex adj (not simple or straightforward)
komplex adj (in mathematics)

Tagalog

1 entries

masalimuot adj (intricate)

Tahitian

1 entries

fifi adj (intricate)

Telugu

2 entries

సంక్లిష్టమైన adj (intricate)
సంక్లిష్టమైన adj (not simple or straightforward)

Thai

3 entries

ซับซ้อน adj (intricate)
ซับซ้อน adj (not simple or straightforward)
เชิงซ้อน adj (in mathematics)

Turkish

2 entries

karmaşık adj (not simple or straightforward)
karmaşık adj (in mathematics)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ко́мплексний adj (in mathematics)
складни́й adj (intricate)
складни́й adj (not simple or straightforward)
ко́мплекс noun (collection of buildings)

Urdu

1 entries

مَخْلُوط adj (in mathematics)

Uzbek

1 entries

murakkab adj (intricate)

Vietnamese

3 entries

phức tạp adj (not simple or straightforward)
mặc cảm noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)
phức cảm noun (psychologically based dislike or fear)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.

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What seems simple to you seems complex to me.

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How complex?

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DNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.

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