complex

1. Complicated in structure;
   Consisting of interconnected parts (synset 302183738)
   "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
   also:

   • difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
   • compound - composed of more than one part
   tells us about: complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded
   similar to:

   • analyzable, decomposable - capable of being partitioned
   • byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
   • colonial, compound - composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
   • complex, complicated - difficult to analyze or understand
   • composite - consisting of separate interconnected parts
   • compound - consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
   • daedal - complex and ingenious in design or function
   • gordian - extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot'
   • interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven - linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
   • intricate - having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
   • labyrinthian, labyrinthine, mazy - resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
   • multifactorial - involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
   • multiplex - having many parts or aspects
   • thickening - becoming more intricate or complex
2. Difficult to analyze or understand (synset 302185144)
   "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"; "he's more complex than he seems on the surface"
   similar to: complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
   same as: complicated

1. A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts (synset 105878987)
   "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"
   is a type of: whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts
   subtypes:

   • hybrid - a composite of mixed origin
   • syndrome - a complex of concurrent things
   same as: composite
2. A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated (synset 114841762)
   is a type of: chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
   subtypes: hydrochloride - a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride
   same as: coordination compound
3. (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior (synset 107497661)
   referred to in: analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
   is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states
   subtypes:

   • oedipal complex, oedipus complex - a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved
   • electra complex - a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father
   • inferiority complex - a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated
4. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures (synset 102918337)
   is a type of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
   subtypes:

   • college - a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
   • industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   • ribbon development - building complex in a continuous row along a road
   same as: building complex

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