| ADJECTIVE | all | complex | complicated in structure |
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| all | complex, complicated | difficult to analyze or understand | |
| NOUN | cognition | complex, composite | a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts |
| substance | complex, coordination compound | a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | |
| feeling | complex | (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior | |
| artifact | complex, building complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
| Sounds | kaa'mplehks; kahmpleh'ks | |
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| Rhymes | Aix ... x / X: 35 rhymes with ehks... | |
| Meaning | complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts. | |
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| Attribute of | complexity, complexness | The quality of being intricate and compounded |
| Narrower | Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous | Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious |
| Gordian | Extremely intricate | |
| analyzable, decomposable | capable of being partitioned | |
| colonial, compound | Composed of many distinct / distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | |
| complicated, complex | Difficult to analyze or understand | |
| composite | Consisting of separate interconnected parts | |
| compound | Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | |
| daedal | Complex and ingenious in design or function | |
| interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven | linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing | |
| intricate | Having many complexly arranged elements | |
| labyrinthine, labyrinthian, mazy | resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity | |
| multifactorial | Involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes) | |
| multiplex | Having many parts or aspects | |
| thickening | Becoming more intricate or complex | |
| See also | compound | Composed of more than one part |
| difficult, hard | not easy | |
| Opposite | simple | Having few parts |
| Spanish | complejo, complexo, complicado | |
| Catalan | complex, complicat | |
| Nouns | complexity, complexness | the quality of being intricate and compounded |
| Adverbs | complexly | in a complex manner |
| Meaning | Difficult to analyze or understand. | |
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| Synonym | complicated | |
| Broader | complex | complicated in structure |
| Spanish | complejo, complicado, enrevesado, intrincado | |
| Catalan | complexe, complicat, enrevessat, intricat | |
| Meaning | A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts. | |
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| Example | "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" | |
| Synonym | composite | |
| Narrower | hybrid | A composite of mixed origin |
| syndrome | A complex of concurrent things | |
| Broader | whole | All of something including all its component elements or parts |
| Spanish | complejo, conjunto | |
| Catalan | complex, conjunt | |
| Meaning | A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated. | |
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| Synonym | coordination compound | |
| Narrower | hydrochloride | A complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride |
| Broader | compound, chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
| Spanish | complejo, compuesto | |
| Catalan | complex, compost | |
| Meaning | (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior. | |
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| Category | psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology | A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders |
| Narrower | Electra complex | A complex of females |
| Oedipus complex, Oedipal complex | A complex of males | |
| inferiority complex | A sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated | |
| Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
| Spanish | complejo | |
| Catalan | complex | |
| Meaning | A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures. | |
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| Synonym | building complex | |
| Narrower | college | A complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed |
| plant, works, industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor | |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road | |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | complejo, instalaciones | |
| Catalan | complex, instal·lacions | |
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