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complex
adjective as in involved, intricate
adjective as in difficult to understand
Weak matches
- abstruse
- bewildering
- circuitous
- confused
- crabbed
- cryptic
- Daedalean
- discursive
- disordered
- enigmatic
- entangled
- excursive
- Gordian
- hidden
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- interwoven
- involved
- jumbled
- knotted
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- mazy
- meandering
- mingled
- mixed
- muddled
- paradoxical
- puzzling
- rambling
- recondite
- round-about
- sinuous
- snarled
- tangled
- tortuous
- undecipherable
- unfathomable
noun as in composite, aggregate
noun as in psychological problem
Example Sentences
The Lakers’ players would love to see a trade that bolsters the roster, but they acknowledge that most moves are complex and expensive.
However, 4,500 "complex cases" were still awaiting a decision at the end of December that year.
The postponement was the latest hitch to hit the delicate and complex reciprocal steps which Israel and Hamas have committed to under the terms of the ceasefire.
In the past, phrases like "color blind" and "merit-based" — though loaded, sometimes racist and certainly complex — have been used across the labor market, and frequently even with good intentions.
Experts agreed the intersection of civilian air traffic with regular military flights does make DC's airspace more complex.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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