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Complex vs. Sophisticated

Complex and Sophisticated Definitions

Complex

Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts; composite
Complex equipment with multiple components.

Sophisticated

Having or showing much worldly knowledge or cultural refinement
A sophisticated businesswoman who is unlikely to be outmaneuvered.
A sophisticated appraisal of the movie.

Complex

Composed of two or more units
A complex carbohydrate.

Sophisticated

Very complex or complicated
The latest and most sophisticated technology.

Complex

Difficult to understand for being intricate or involved; complicated
A complex problem.

Sophisticated

Suitable for or appealing to the tastes of sophisticates
A sophisticated drama.
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Complex

Consisting of at least one bound form. Used of a word.

Sophisticated

Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.

Complex

Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.

Sophisticated

Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

Complex

A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts
A complex of cities and suburbs.
The military-industrial complex.

Sophisticated

Complicated, especially of complex technology.
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Complex

A building or group of buildings used for a single purpose
A sports complex.

Sophisticated

(obsolete)

Complex

In psychoanalysis, a group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior.

Sophisticated

Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.

Complex

An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear
Has a complex about his weight.

Sophisticated

Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
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Complex

(Medicine) The combination of factors, symptoms, or signs of a disease or disorder that forms a syndrome.

Sophisticated

Simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate

Complex

Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
A complex being; a complex idea

Sophisticated

Having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire;
Sophisticated young socialites
A sophisticated audience
A sophisticated lifestyle
A sophisticated book

Complex

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

Sophisticated

Ahead in development; complex or intricate;
Advanced technology
A sophisticated electronic control system

Complex

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

Sophisticated

Marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel;
The sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite
Urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris

Complex

Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
Complex function

Sophisticated

Intellectually appealing;
A sophisticated drama

Complex

Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
Complex polynomial
Complex algebraic variety

Complex

(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

Complex

A problem. en

Complex

A network of interconnected systems.
Military-industrial complex

Complex

A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

Complex

An assemblage of related things; a collection.

Complex

An organized cluster of thunderstorms.

Complex

A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
The fire complex began as two separate fires.

Complex

(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.

Complex

(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.

Complex

A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.

Complex

(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.

Complex

(math) A complex number.

Complex

(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.

Complex

To form a complex with another substance

Complex

(transitive) To complicate.

Complex

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.

Complex

Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex.

Complex

Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.

Complex

A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
The complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town

Complex

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

Complex

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

Complex

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

Complex

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

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