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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 companyʼs 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

simplification

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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