COMPLEX Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word complex. (close relations)
complexity
Best Alternative Words for COMPLEX
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complicated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • difficult to analyze or understand | ||||||||
difficult | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure • hard to control | ||||||||
hard | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure • dispassionate • resisting weight or pressure • produced without vibration of the vocal cords • (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source • (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum adverb • with effort or force or vigor • with firmness • earnestly or intently • causing great damage or hardship • slowly and with difficulty • indulging excessively • into a solid condition • very near or close in space or time • with pain or distress or bitterness • to the full extent possible; all the way adjective satellite • very strong or vigorous • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors • being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content • unfortunate or hard to bear • dried out | ||||||||
intricate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate | ||||||||
involved | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • connected by participation or association or use adjective satellite • entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire • emotionally involved • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious • enveloped | ||||||||
abstruse | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | ||||||||
byzantine | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it • of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium noun • a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire adjective satellite • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | ||||||||
convoluted | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • rolled longitudinally upon itself • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | ||||||||
dense | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter • hard to pass through because of dense growth • having high relative density or specific gravity • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • having component parts closely crowded together | ||||||||
elaborate | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by complexity and richness of detail • developed or executed with care and in minute detail verb • add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing • produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product • make more complex, intricate, or richer • work out in detail | ||||||||
inscrutable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of an obscure nature | ||||||||
knotty | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe • used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious • tangled in knots or snarls | ||||||||
labyrinthine | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear adjective satellite • resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | ||||||||
obscure | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not clearly expressed or understood • marked by difficulty of style or expression • difficult to find • not famous or acclaimed • not drawing attention • remote and separate physically or socially verb • make less visible or unclear • make unclear, indistinct, or blurred • make unintelligible or unclear • reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | ||||||||
perplexing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | ||||||||
puzzling | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not clear to the understanding • lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | ||||||||
sophisticated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire adjective satellite • ahead in development; complex or intricate • intellectually appealing | ||||||||
tangled | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • in a confused mass adjective satellite • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | ||||||||
thorny | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • bristling with perplexities • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||||
tricky | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not to be trusted • having concealed difficulty • marked by skill in deception | ||||||||