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 repairman is needed Synonyms complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication Related Words diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability Near Antonyms simplification; homogeneity, uniformity Antonyms plainness, simpleness, simplicity

2 something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with Synonyms complication, complicacy, convolution, difficulty, intricacyRelated Words aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble