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complexity - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | complexity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicatedness |
| Synonyms: | complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, ramification, multiplicity |
| Antonyms: | clarity, ease, obvious, simplicity, directness |
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-nouns
complexity; complexness; complexus; complication, implication; intricacy, intrication; perplexity; network, labyrinth; wilderness, jungle; involution, raveling, entanglement; coil (convolution) [more]; sleave, tangled skein, knot, Gordian knot, wheels within wheels; kink, gnarl; webwork.
-adjectives
gnarled., complex, complexed; intricate, complicated, perplexed, involved, raveled, entangled, knotted, tangled, inextricable; irreducible.
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| Main Entry: | can of worms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicated situation |
| Synonyms: | Gordian knot, Pandora's box, Pandora's box, complex problem, complexity, complication, difficult situation, difficulty, dog's breakfast, entanglement, hard nut to crack, headache, hornet's nest, hot water, hot water, mare's nest, mess, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, snafu, snake pit, snarl, trouble, troublesome problem, unpredictable situation |
| Main Entry: | complication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, complexity, confusion, development, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, embarrassment, entanglement, factor, intricacy, obstacle, problem, snag, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, peace, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | convolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, spiral |
| Synonyms: | coil, complexity, contortion, intricacy, serpentine, swirl, twist, undulation, winding, coiling, curlicue, flexing, gyration, helix, involution, sinuosity, sinuousness, snaking, tortuousness |
| Antonyms: | line, straightness |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo*, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat*, hot water, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle*, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, uneasiness, awkward situation, discomposure, disconcertion, egg on face, impecuniosity, self-consciousness, unease |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entanglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, predicament |
| Synonyms: | affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, toil, trap, web, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | simplicity, disentanglement |
| Main Entry: | imbroglio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misunderstanding; fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out*, involvement, miff*, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in*, soap opera*, spat, squabble, bickering, flack, knock-down-drag-out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peacemaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
| Synonyms: | ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up*, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up*, muss*, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles*, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | enlightenment, order, organization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain-teaser |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, charade, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, labyrinth, maze, mystery, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, question, stickler*, strait, twister*, brain-twister, closed book, knotty question, mind-boggler, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, rebus, sixty-four dollar question, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, swarm, tangle, web, intricateness, skein |
| Antonyms: | ease, order, organization, simplification |
| Main Entry: | web |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, complexity, entanglement, fabric, fiber, filigree, gossamer, involvement, labyrinth, lattice, mat, maze, mesh, morass, net, network, plait, screen, snarl, tangle, texture, toil, trellis, warp, weave, wicker, interconnection, interlacing, lacework, matting, meshwork, reticulation, skein, tissue, webbing, weft, woof |
| Main Entry: | intricacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication |
| Synonyms: | complexity, confusion, difficulty, elaborateness |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
| Synonyms: | ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, wilderness, abashment, discomposure, emotional upset, mystification, untidiness |
| Antonyms: | calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
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