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complexity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of complexity

1 the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects

the complexity of the company's computer system is such that a full-time employee is needed to maintain it

Synonyms of complexity

complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication

Words Related to complexity

diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness

impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability

Near Antonyms of complexity

homogeneity, uniformity

Antonyms of complexity

plainness, simpleness, simplicity

2 something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult

the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with

Synonyms of complexity

complicacy, complication, convolution, difficulty, intricacy

Words Related to complexity

aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction)

subtlety, technicality

annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble

Phrases Synonymous with complexity

fly in the ointment

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