complexities
Layers within layers
Complexities is the plural of complexity—the quality of having many interconnected parts or factors that make something difficult to understand or resolve.
A situation with many complexities resists simple solutions: The complexities of international trade agreements took years to negotiate.
The word often signals that something deserves more nuanced consideration than it's receiving.
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- knottyComplex and difficult
interwoven · elaborate · maze-like · nested · layered · intertwined · multifaceted · nuanced
Hard to accomplish
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
troublesome · thorny · arduous · vexing · baffling · puzzling · problematic · demanding
Many and various
- multidimensionalHaving many distinct aspects
- diverseOf many types
- variedDiffering in type
- heterogeneousConsisting of dissimilar elements
composite · kaleidoscopic · pluralistic · multilayered · spectrum · mosaic · patchwork · amalgamated
Joined in multiple ways
- interdependentRelying on one another
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
- institutionalOf formal establishments
structural · organizational · hierarchical · emergent · dynamic · adaptive · regulatory · logistical
labyrinthine
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
knotty · interwoven · elaborate · maze-like · nested · layered · intertwined · multifaceted · nuanced · subtle
challenging
Hard to accomplish
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
daunting · troublesome · thorny · arduous · vexing · baffling · puzzling · problematic · demanding · formidable
manifold
Many and various
- multidimensionalHaving many distinct aspects
- diverseOf many types
- variedDiffering in type
heterogeneous · composite · kaleidoscopic · pluralistic · multilayered · spectrum · mosaic · patchwork · amalgamated · polyvalent
interconnected
Joined in multiple ways
- interdependentRelying on one another
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
institutional · structural · organizational · hierarchical · emergent · dynamic · adaptive · regulatory · logistical · infrastructural
- puzzlerspuzzle master, brainteasers, brain-teasers, conundrums, enigmas
- particularsdetails, specifics, particulars, minutiae, nuances
- obscuritiesmysteries, secrets, enigmas, puzzles, riddles
complexitiessimplicities
Qualities of being uncomplicated
basics · fundamentals · elementals · rudiments · simplicity
complexitiesclarities
States of transparency
transparencies · clarity · lucidity · obviousness · plainness
complex, complexity, perplex, duplex, multiplex, complexed, triplex, overcomplex, quadruplex