Antonyms for complex
kəmˈplɛks, ˈkɒm plɛks; ˈkɒm plɛkscom·plex

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. complexadjective

   A problem.

   Synonyms:
   detailed, intricate

2. complexadjective

   Not simple or straightforward.

   Synonyms:
   complicated, hard, difficult, involved, tough

   Antonyms:
   easy, straightforward, simple, basic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. complex

   That is complex which is made up of several connected parts. That is compound in which the parts are not merely connected, but fused, or otherwise combined into a single substance. In a composite object the different parts have less of unity than in that which is complex or compound, but maintain their distinct individuality. In a heterogeneous body unlike parts or particles are intermingled, often without apparent order or plan. Conglomerate (literally, globed together) is said of a confused mingling of masses or lumps of various substances. The New England pudding-stone is a conglomerate rock. In a complex object the arrangement and relation of parts may be perfectly clear; in a complicated mechanism the parts are so numerous, or so combined, that the mind can not readily grasp their mutual relations; in an intricate arrangement the parts are so intertwined that it is difficult to follow their windings; things are involved which are rolled together so as not to be easily separated, either in thought or in fact; things which are tangled or entangled mutually hold and draw upon each other. The conception of a material object is usually complex, involving form, color, size, and other elements; a clock is a complicated mechanism; the Gordian knot was intricate; the twining serpents of the Laocoon are involved. We speak of an abstruse statement, a complex conception, a confused heap, a heterogeneous mass, a tangled skein, an intricate problem; of composite architecture, an involved sentence; of the complicated or intricate accounts of a great business, the entangled accounts of an incompetent or dishonest bookkeeper.

   Antonyms:
   clear, direct, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uncombined, uncompounded, uniform, unraveled

   Synonyms:
   abstruse, complicated, composite, compound, confused, conglomerate, entangled, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, manifold, mingled, mixed, multiform, obscure, tangled

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. complex

   Antonyms:
   obvious, plain, simple, direct, inobscure, superficial, vague, loose, unraveled

   Synonyms:
   intricate, multifarious, compound, complicated, multifold, involved, deep, many-sided, abstruse, close, tangled, obscure

Matched Categories

1. • Compound
   • Feeling
   • Psychoanalysis
   • Whole

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complex, compositenoun

   a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

   "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"

   Antonyms:
   unanalyzable, simple, simplistic, uncomplicated, simplex, unsophisticated, undecomposable

   Synonyms:
   building complex, composite plant, coordination compound, composite

2. complex, coordination compoundnoun

   a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

   Antonyms:
   unsophisticated, undecomposable, simple, simplex, simplistic, unanalyzable, uncomplicated

   Synonyms:
   building complex, coordination compound, composite

3. complexnoun

   (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

   Antonyms:
   undecomposable, simple, simplex, uncomplicated, simplistic, unsophisticated, unanalyzable

   Synonyms:
   building complex, coordination compound, composite

4. building complex, complexadjective

   a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

   Antonyms:
   simplistic, unanalyzable, uncomplicated, simple, undecomposable, simplex, unsophisticated

   Synonyms:
   building complex, coordination compound, composite

5. complexadjective

   complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

   "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

   Antonyms:
   undecomposable, unsophisticated, simple, simplex, uncomplicated, unanalyzable, simplistic

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. complexadjective

   Antonyms:
   incomplex, simple, obvious

   Synonyms:
   composite, compound, mixed, complicated, intricate, involved

How to use complex in a sentence?

1. Zeng Yixin:

   The epidemic situation is now fragmented domestically, but the task of preventing a rebound of the epidemic remains arduous, the epidemic situation abroad is still severe and complex, and the pressure to defend against the outside continues to increase.

2. Phillipe Cunningham:

   We urgently need traffic safety in our community, we also need for increasing traffic safety to not come at a great cost of harm to our neighbors in the process. This issue is very complex, but it is surmountable.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   Why over her political career has Wall Street been a major, the major campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton? Maybe they're dumb and they don't know what they're going to get, but I don't think so, i have never heard a candidate, never, who has received huge amounts of money from oil, from coal, from Wall Street from the military industrial complex, not one candidate -- 'Oh these, these campaign contributions will not influence me.' But why do they make millions of dollars of campaign contributions? They expect to get something, everybody knows that.

4. Graham Cluley:

   Every single victim of the love bug got a copy of the love bug's code, the actual source code, so it was simple to write an antidote. It was no more complex than any of the other thousands and thousands of viruses we'd seen that day. But of course, this one was particularly successful at spreading itself.

5. Bram Vanderborght:

   Over the past few years, we have already taken the first steps in creating self-healing materials for robots. With this research we want to continue and, above all, ensure that robots that are used in our working environment are safer, but also more sustainable. Due to the self-repair mechanism of this new kind of robot, complex, costly repairs may be a thing of the past.

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