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entanglement - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | amour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | romance |
| Synonyms: | affair, entanglement, liaison, love, love affair, passion, relationship |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| 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: | 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: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, change, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch*, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth*, necessity, pass, pickle*, pinch*, plight, point of no return*, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency, big trouble, climacteric, hot potato, hour of decision, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | implication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | assumption, conclusion, connection, connotation, entanglement, guess, hint, hypothesis, indication, inference, innuendo, intimation, involvement, link, meaning, overtone, presumption, ramification, reference, significance, undertone, union, incrimination, signification |
| 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: | love affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | love relationship |
| Synonyms: | adultery, affair, amour, courtship, dalliance, devotion, entanglement, extracurricular activity*, fling, flirtation, hanky-panky, infidelity, intrigue, involvement, liaison, love, passion, relationship, romance, seduction, thing, tryst, affair of the heart, affaire de coeur, forbidden love, illicit love, ménage à trois, romantic affair, sexual relationship outside of marriage, triangle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labyrinth; confusion |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, puzzle, quandary, snarl, tangle, twist, uncertainty, web, winding, perplexity, skein, torsion |
| Main Entry: | pitfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, trap |
| Synonyms: | booby trap*, catch*, danger, difficulty, downfall, drawback, entanglement, hook*, mesh*, peril, pit*, risk, setup, snag*, snare, swindle*, toil, web, deadfall*, mousetrap, quicksand* |
| Notes: | a pitfall is an unforeseen or unexpected difficulty or disaster - or a trap in the form of a concealed hole; a pratfall is an embarrassing or humiliating mistake, blunder, or mishap - or a fall on the buttocks |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, good luck |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, aggregate |
| Synonyms: | association, compound, conglomerate, ecosystem, entanglement, group, network, organization, scheme, structure, syndrome, synthesis, system, totality |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo, megacorp, shooting match |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend, twist |
| Synonyms: | coil, crimp, crinkle, curl, curve, entanglement, knot, loop, tangle, wrinkle, corkscrew, frizz |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow, loop |
| Synonyms: | bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, hitch, joint, kink, ligature, link, mat, nexus, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke, gnarl, helix, ligament, perplexity, rosette, vinculum |
| Antonyms: | line |
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