| Main Entry: | byzantine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complex |
Synonyms: |
complicated, convoluted, daedal, detailed, devious, difficult, elaborate, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, tortuous |
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
Synonyms: |
Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, abstruse, bewildering, circuitous, complicated, confused, convoluted, crabbed, cryptic, discursive, disordered, disturbing, enigmatic, entangled, excursive, hidden, impenetrable, inscrutable, interwoven, intricate, involved, jumbled, knotted, knotty, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, mingled, mixed, muddled, obscure, paradoxical, perplexing, puzzling, rambling, recondite, round-about, sinuous, snarled, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, undecipherable, unfathomable, winding |
| Notes: | something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated |
Antonyms: |
apparent, clear, direct, discernible, easy, evident, obvious, plain |
| Main Entry: | complicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, complex |
Synonyms: |
Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, abstruse, arduous, can of worms, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, entangled, fancy, gasser, hard, hi-tech, interlaced, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mega factor, mixed, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, recondite, sophisticated, troublesome, various, wheels within wheels |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, simple |
| Main Entry: | intricate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated, elaborate |
Synonyms: |
Byzantine, Daedal, abstruse, baroque, can of worms, complex, convoluted, difficult, entangled, fancy, hard, high-tech, involved, labyrinthine, obscure, perplexing, rococo, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, tricky |
Antonyms: |
direct, methodical, simple, systematic, understandable |
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated |
Synonyms: |
Byzantine, Gordian, complex, confusing, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, high-tech, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, mazy, muddled, ramified, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, winding |
Antonyms: |
easy, simple, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | oriental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pertaining to the Orient |
Synonyms: |
Asian, Byzantine, Chinese, Japanese, Korean |
| Main Entry: | involute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complex |
Synonyms: |
Daedalian, byzantine, circuitous, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, confused, conglomerate, convoluted, daedal, elaborate, entangled, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed-up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiform, multiple, multiplex, tangled, tortuous, variegated |
