Related Searches
on Ask.com
complication - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | 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: | complexity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicatedness |
| Synonyms: | complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, ramification, multiplicity |
| Antonyms: | clarity, ease, obvious, simplicity, directness |
| Main Entry: | distraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | having one's attention drawn away |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, preoccupation, recreation, beguilement, divertissement, engrossment, perplexity |
| Main Entry: | hurdle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier, obstacle |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blockade, complication, difficulty, fence, hamper, handicap, hedge, hindrance, impediment, interference, mountain, obstruction, rub, snag, stumbling block, traverse, wall |
| Notes: | hurdle refers to a difficulty or obstacle; hurtle means to move with great speed or violence |
| Antonyms: | opening, clear path |
| 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: | labyrinth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maze, complexity |
| Synonyms: | coil, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, mesh, morass, problem, puzzle, riddle, snarl, tangle, web, perplexity, skein |
| 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: | ramification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence, development |
| Synonyms: | branch, breaking, complication, consequence, division, excrescence, extension, offshoot, outgrowth, partition, radiation, result, sequel, subdivision, upshot, bifurcation, branching, divarication, forking, subdividing |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| 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: | stumbling block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, barricade, barrier, blockage, catch, catch*, clog, complication, delay, deterrent, difficulty, discouragement, drag*, drawback, fly in the ointment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdup, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, road block, road block*, setback, snag, stone in one's path, stumbling stone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, confusion |
| Synonyms: | coil, complication, entanglement, jam, jungle, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, snag, snarl, twist, web, skein |
| Antonyms: | line, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | road block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prevention to progress |
| Synonyms: | barrier, blank wall, catch, complication, deterrent, difficulty, discouragement, drawback, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stone in one's path, stumbling block |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem; situation requiring great effort |
| Synonyms: | adversity, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, paradox, pickle*, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew*, strain, strait, struggle, stumbling block*, tribulation, trouble, arduousness, deep water, laboriousness, painfulness, perplexity, strenuousness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, collusion, complication, conspiracy, contrivance, deal, design, dodge, double-dealing*, fix, fraud, game, graft, machination, maneuver, manipulation, plan, plot, ruse, stratagem, trickery, wile, frame-up, hookup, little game |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; bad situation |
| Synonyms: | box*, can of worms*, complication, count*, crunch*, dilemma, disagreement, dispute, doubt, headache*, hitch*, hot water, issue, mess*, obstacle, pickle*, predicament, quandary, question, scrape*, squeeze*, trouble, botheration, disputed point, point at issue, worriment |
| Antonyms: | solution, good situation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental burden |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bother, care, charge, complication, crisis, depression, discouragement, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, frustration, grievance, harassment, imbroglio, inconvenience, irritation, jam, maze, mess, millstone*, misery, oppression, pickle*, pinch, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, ramification, responsibility, scrape*, setback, strain, strait, stress, strife, struggle, to-do*, trouble, vicissitude, weight, worry, bafflement, hangup, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentment, peace, pleasure, satisfaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror*, revolution, riot, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, uproar, anarchism, discombobulation, misrule, mob rule, rioting, terrorism, tizzy, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, care, complication, crucible*, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, rigor, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness, calvary, cross to bear, hard time, severe test, trying time |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
