English Explanatory Dictionary

complex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
  2. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
  3. Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
  4. Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
  5. Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
  6. A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
noun
  1. A network of interconnected systems.
  2. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  3. An assemblage of related things; a collection.
  4. An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
  5. A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
  6. A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
  7. A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
  8. A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
  9. A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
  10. A complex number.
  11. A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
verb
  1. To form a complex with another substance.
  2. To complicate.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒmplɛks/ /kəmˈplɛks/ En-uk-complex.ogg kəmplĕks kŏm'plĕks /kɑmˈplɛks/ /kəm-/ /ˈkɑmˌplɛks/ En-us-complex-adj.ogg En-us-complex-noun.ogg

Word forms

complex more complex complexer most complex complexest complexes complices complexing complexed

Etymology

From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complector (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectō (“to weave, braid”). May be analyzed as com- + -plex. See complect. Doublet of complexus.

Synonyms

complex complexed complicate complicated convoluted Gordian involute intricate involutional involved knotty labyrinthal labyrinthine manifold detailed difficult hard tough species complex species group species aggregate constellation

Antonyms

incomplex noncomplex noncomplicated simple simplex straightforward uncomplex uncomplexed uncomplicated unconvoluted basic easy as a duck takes to water easy as 123 easy as ABC easy as cake easy as pie easy as falling off a log easy as rolling off a log easy as toffee easy-breezy easy peasy easy peasy Japanesey easy peasy lemon squeezy eath effortless facile idiotproof light like a duck takes to water like falling off a log like riding a bike like robbing a baby like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel like taking candy from a baby natural painless piss-easy plain-sailing simple as kiss your hand smooth soft trivial troublefree unchallenging undemanding undifficult yezzy

Related words

complexion symplectic complexity complication

Derived words

bicomplex complex analysis complex compound complex conjugate complex conjugate root theorem complex conjugation complex-differentiable complex fraction complex function complex geometry complexification complexified complexify complexifying complexin complex ion complexity complex line complexly complex marriage complex measure complexness complex number complexologist complexology complexome complex plane complex post-traumatic stress disorder complex projective line complex question complex regional pain syndrome complex sentence complex transitive complextro complex volcano decomplex decomplexification decomplexified decomplexify decomplexifying incomplex irreducibly complex multiplex neotenic complex syndrome noncomplex overcomplex paracomplex pseudocomplex split-complex number surcomplex tricomplex ultracomplex uncomplex hypercomplex megacomplex multicomplex supercomplex activated complex AIDS-related complex anaphase-promoting complex

Translations

Armenian: կոմպլեքս Basque: konplexu Bulgarian: комплексен Catalan: complex Chinese Cantonese: 複 /复 Chinese Mandarin: 複 /复 Czech: komplexní Danish: kompleks Dutch: complex Esperanto: kompleksa Finnish: kompleksi- French: complexe Galician: complexo Georgian: კომპლექსური German: komplex Greek: μιγαδικός Hindi: समिश्र Hungarian: komplex Italian: complesso Japanese: 複素 Polish: zespolony Portuguese: complexo Romanian: complex Russian: ко́мплексный Spanish: complexo Swedish: komplex Thai: เชิงซ้อน Turkish: karmaşık Ukrainian: ко́мплексний Urdu: مَخْلُوط Arabic: عُقْدَة Armenian: բարդույթ Armenian: համալիր Armenian: լրակազմ Bulgarian: комплекс Chinese Mandarin: 情結 /情结 Czech: komplex Finnish: kompleksi Finnish: ryhmä German: Komplex Greek: σύμπλεγμα Hindi: मनोग्रंथि Hungarian: komplexus Hungarian: együttes Hungarian: összesség Indonesian: kompleks Japanese: コンプレックス Korean: 콤플렉스 Malay: kompleks Persian: عقده Polish: kompleks Russian: ко́мплекс Spanish: complejo Ukrainian: ко́мплекс Vietnamese: mặc cảm Vietnamese: phức cảm
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