Thesaurus:complex

Thesaurus:complex

THESAURUS

complex

English

Synonyms

• complex

• complexed (obsolete)

• complicate    [WS] (poetic, rare)

• complicated

• convoluted

• intricate

• involutional

• involved

• labyrinthine (figurative)

• manifold    [WS]

Archetypes

• Daedalian

• Kafkaesque

Antonyms

• incomplex

• noncomplex

• noncomplicated

• simple

• simplex

• straightforward

• uncomplex

• uncomplexed

• uncomplicated

Hyponyms

• confusing    [WS]

• out of one's depth (idiomatic)

• over one's head (idiomatic)

• overdesigned

Hypernyms

• detailed

• difficult    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:complexity
• Thesaurus:complicate
• Thesaurus:complication

Further reading

• “59A. complexity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “complex” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.