Synonyms of complexity

complexity

noun

kəm-ˈplek-sə-tē 

1

as in complexness

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 & Similar Words

• complexness
• sophistication
• intricacy
• elaborateness
• complicatedness
• involution
• complication
• heterogeneity
• diversity
• knottiness
• complicacy
• intricateness
• multifariousness
• incomprehensibility
• impenetrability
• inexplicability
• heterogeneousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• simplicity
• simplification
• uniformity
• plainness
• simpleness
• homogeneity

2

as in difficulty

something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult

the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• difficulty
• complication
• intricacy
• convolution
• headache
• complicacy
• subtlety
• matter
• ramification
• fly in the ointment
• side effect
• technicality
• trouble
• aftereffect
• annoyance
• inconvenience
• bitch
• bother

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of complexity

The policy could allow employees to take factors such as store traffic and the size or complexity of an order into account when directing customers to checkout lanes. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Reducing denials and administrative complexity can be a true boon for dental office performance. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Single-stock futures permit investors to bet on some of their favorite names nearly all day, but a slate of tax complexities await these active traders. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Regardless of whether the students have encountered the text before, the film gives them a good place to start understanding the tale’s complexities. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026