/ Thesaurus / C Synonyms of complex instruction set computing Find synonyms for: Noun1. complex instruction set computing, complex instruction set computer, CISC, computer architecture, architectureusage: (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chipWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: boorish Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language