Thesaurus:complex
English
Adjective
Sense: not simple; difficult and intricate
Synonyms
- complex
- complexed (obsolete)
- complicate [⇒ thesaurus] (poetic, rare)
- complicated
- convoluted
- Gordian
- intricate
- involutional
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthal (figuratively)
- labyrinthine (figuratively)
- manifold [⇒ thesaurus]
Archetypes
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- confusing [⇒ thesaurus]
- out of one's depth (idiomatic)
- over one's head (idiomatic)
- overdesigned
- Pynchonesque (of writing)
Hypernyms
See also
Further reading
- “59A. complexity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “complex” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.