Entry Word: complex

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated <this camera is a complex instrument that requires careful handling> <complex issues regarding free speech and school discipline>

Synonyms complicated, convoluted, elaborate, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, sophisticated

Related Words composite, compound, heterogeneous, mixed, multifarious, varied; challenging, difficult, tough; impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, unfathomable, unintelligible

Near Antonyms oversimplified, simplified; homogeneous, uniform, unvaried

Antonyms plain, simple, uncomplicated

2 made or done with great care or with much detail <a complex recipe> — see elaborate 1