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complex

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.

verb

  1. To form a complex with another substance

  2. To complicate.

adjective

  1. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

  2. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

  3. (of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.

Synonymscomplicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved
Antonymsbasic, easy, simple, simplex, straightforward

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