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| Main Entry: | complicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, complex |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arduous, can of worms*, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, fancy, hard, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mixed, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, recondite, sophisticated, troublesome, various, Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, entangled, gasser, hi-tech, interlaced, mega factor, wheels within wheels |
| 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: | easy, facile, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up*, handicap, impede, interweave, involve, jumble, mix up, muddle, multiply, obscure, perplex, ravel, screw up*, snafu*, snag, tangle, twist, upset, add fuel to fire, infold, interfuse, interrelate, make intricate, make waves, muck up*, open can of worms, render unintelligible, snarl up |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, untangle, make simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstruse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | abstract, complex, complicated, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, heavy*, hidden, incomprehensible, intricate, involved, muddy, obscure, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, subtle, unfathomable, vague, Greek to me, clear as dishwater |
| Antonyms: | clear, concrete, easy, lucid, obvious, plain, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | going around, indirect |
| Synonyms: | back road, circular, collateral, complicated, devious, labyrinthine, meandering, oblique, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, ambagious, by way of, long way, long way around, winding around |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight, in line |
| Main Entry: | detailed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | itemized, particularized |
| Synonyms: | abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, circumstantial, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, definite, developed, elaborate, exact, exhaustive, finicky*, full, fussy*, individual, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, precise, specific, specified, thorough, amplified, at length, blow-by-blow, circumstantiated, clocklike, described, disclosed, elaborated, enumerated, exhausting, individualized, point-by-point, seriatim, unfolded |
| Antonyms: | brief, cursory, sparing, uncomplicated, inexhaustive, nonspecific, undetailed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intricate; involved |
| Synonyms: | busy, careful, complex, complicated, detailed, elegant, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, minute, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, decorated, embellished, garnished, high tech, highly wrought, many-faceted, ornamented, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles |
| Antonyms: | general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, usual, unelaborate, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | fancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, ornamental |
| Synonyms: | adorned, baroque, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, fanciful, florid, gaudy, intricate, lavish, ornate, ostentatious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, special, spiffy*, sumptuous, unusual, beautifying, decorated, embellished, frilly, froufrou, garnished, gingerbread |
| Antonyms: | plain, unfancy, unornamented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long-winded*, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, rambling, secondary, serpentine*, sinister, sinuous, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag, circumlocutory, long way home, long-drawn-out, periphrastic, sidelong, snaking, sneaking, twisting |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight, straightforward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, elaborate, formidable, hard, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, perplexing, puzzling, rough, rugged, sophisticated, sticky*, terrible, thorny*, tough, tricky, uphill*, Gordian, effortful, mazy, mystifying, nodulous, problematical, ramified, reticular |
| Antonyms: | simple, uncomplicated, untroublesome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perplexing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complicated, confusing, convoluted, impenetrable, intricate, involved, knotty, mysterious, puzzling, taxing, thorny, worrying, beyond one, disconcerting, mind-bending, mystifying, paradoxical |
| Main Entry: | confusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | puzzling |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, involved, perplexing, befuddling, bewildering, blurring, confounding, disconcerting, disorienting, mystifying, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clear, orderly, reassuring |
| Main Entry: | over one's head |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, deep, incomprehensible, profound, unfathomable, bewildering, beyond comprehension, beyond one, hard to understand |
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved, intricate |
| Synonyms: | circuitous, complicated, composite, compound, confused, conglomerate, convoluted, elaborate, heterogeneous, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed-up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiple, tangled, tortuous, variegated, compounded, entangled, mingled, multiform, multiplex |
| Antonyms: | clear, easy, evident, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uniform |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not easily understood |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undefined, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague, clear as mud, enigmatical |
| Antonyms: | apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood |
| Main Entry: | prickly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorny or difficult |
| Synonyms: | annoying, barbed, bothersome, bristly, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, nettlesome, pointed, sharp, spiny, stimulating, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying, brambly, briery, echinated |
| Antonyms: | smooth |
| Main Entry: | unsettled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothered, upset |
| Synonyms: | active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, busy, changeable, changing, complex, complicated, confused, disorderly, disturbed, explosive, fidgety, fluid, inconstant, insecure, mobile, mutable, on edge*, perilous, perturbed, precarious, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, tense, thrown, ticklish, troubled, unbalanced, uncertain, uneasy, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, wavering, wobbling, changeful, flustered, kinetic, rattled, shifting, shook up, unnerved, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | content, happy, settled, calmed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, circuitous, complicated, confused, convoluted, cryptic, discursive, disordered, disturbing, enigmatic, excursive, hidden, impenetrable, inscrutable, interwoven, intricate, involved, jumbled, knotted, knotty, labyrinthine, meandering, mixed, muddled, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, rambling, recondite, sinuous, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, undecipherable, unfathomable, winding, Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, bewildering, crabbed, entangled, mazy, mingled, paradoxical, round-about, snarled |
| Antonyms: | apparent, clear, direct, discernible, easy, evident, obvious, plain |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, exhausting |
| Synonyms: | Herculean*, arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome, complicated, demanding, distressing, exacting, formidable, grinding, hairy*, heavy*, intricate, involved, irksome, knotty*, labored, laborious, mean, merciless, murder, onerous, operose, rigorous, rough, rugged, scabrous, serious, severe, slavish, sticky, strenuous, terrible, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill*, wearing, wearisome, difficile, effortful, fatiguing, toilful, uphill battle, wearying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, mild, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, severe |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arduous, boisterous, burdensome, complex, complicated, confused, esoteric, formidable, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, intolerable, knotty*, labored, laborious, onerous, oppressive, profound, recondite, rough, serious, solemn, stormy, strenuous, tedious, tempestuous, toilsome, tough, troublesome, turbulent, vexatious, violent, wearisome, weighty, wild, acroamatic, effortful |
| Antonyms: | easy, inconsequential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complex, advanced |
| Synonyms: | complicated, delicate, elaborate, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, modern, refined, subtle, highly developed, multifaceted |
| Antonyms: | easy, simple, slow, unsophisticated |
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