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Adjective

The word "complex" can be used as noun, adjective, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

basic simple

Derived Terms

AIDS-related complex Atlas complex Bötzinger complex CW complex Cassandra complex Cinderella complex Electra complex Fashoda complex Frankenstein complex Ghon complex Ghon's complex God complex Golgi complex Googleplex Jocasta complex K-complex L-complex Lolita complex MSG symptom complex Madonna-whore complex Madonna/whore complex Napoleon complex Napoléon complex Oedipus complex Phaedra complex QRS complex Ranke complex Ranke's complex TORCH complex WAGR complex activated complex anaphase-promoting complex animal–industrial complex antenna complex apartment complex bicomplex biocomplex bithorax complex chain complex chelate complex cineplex coalplex cochain complex complement membrane attack complex complex analysis complex compound complex conjugate complex conjugate root theorem complex conjugation complex fraction complex function complex geometry complex ion complex line complex marriage complex measure complex number complex plane complex post-traumatic stress disorder complex projective line complex question complex regional pain syndrome complex sentence complex transitive complex volcano complex-differentiable complexability complexation complexification complexified complexify complexifying complexin complexity complexly complexness complexologist complexology complexome complexometric complexometry complexone complextro coordination complex crusader complex cyclopentadienyl complex decomplex decomplexification decomplexified decomplexify decomplexifying edifice complex exciplex exosome complex flag complex gora complex guilt complex hemicomplex heterocomplex holocomplex homocomplex hydrido complex(hydro complex) hypercomplex hypercomplex immune complex immunocomplex inclusion complex incomplex industrial complex inferiority complex inner orbital complex intercomplex intracomplex irreducibly complex junctional complex launch complex leopard complex macrocomplex marriage–industrial complex megacomplex megacomplex membrane attack complex memeplex messiah complex metacomplex metal aquo complex metallocomplex metroplex microcomplex military-entertainment complex military–industrial complex monosodium glutamate symptom complex multicomplex multicomplex multiplex nanocomplex neotenic complex syndrome noncomplex nuclear pore complex nucleocomplex nuplex odontocomplex orthoplex overcomplex oxocomplex paracomplex penal–industrial complex persecution complex phytocomplex polycomplex polyplex precomplex prison–industrial complex protein complex pseudocomplex radiocomplex savior complex serocomplex sexual complex simplicial complex species complex split-complex number subcomplex supercomplex supercomplex superior olivary complex superiority complex supracomplex surcomplex sysplex technocomplex ternary complex tetracomplex tricomplex ultracomplex uncomplex vitamin B complex

Etymologically Related To

complect

Context

chemistry geometry math mathematics psychoanalysis psychology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chemical compound compound construction detailed difficult feeling structure whole

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

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

Type Of (IsA)

compound feeling whole

Related Terms

complexion complexity complication symplectic

Related Terms

atom building collection complex number complexion complicate complicated composite compound curve difficult easy interconnected military molecule network psychological purpose real number simple square root straightforward symplectic system thunderstorms university

Similar Terms

Byzantine Gordian analyzable colonial colonial complicated complicated composite composite compound compound convoluted convoluted daedal daedal decomposable decomposable difficult gordian hard interlacing interlinking interlinking interlocking interwoven intricate intricate involved knotty labyrinthian labyrinthian labyrinthine mazy multifactorial multifactorial multiplex multiplex tangled thickening thickening tortuous

Synonym Network

building complex complicated simple

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