| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
Synonyms: |
absorbing, affecting, be a ball, captivating, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty |
Antonyms: |
boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unamusing, unfunny, unpleasant |
| Main Entry: | funny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comical, humorous |
Synonyms: |
absurd, amusing, antic, blithe, capricious, clever, diverting, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, for grins, gas*, gay, gelastic, good-humored, hilarious, humdinger, hysterical, jocose, jocular, joking, jolly, killing*, knee-slapper, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mirthful, playful, priceless, rich, ridiculous, riot, riotous, risible, screaming, side-splitting, silly, slapstick, sportive, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
dramatic, melancholy, sad, serious, tragic, unamusing, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | tattletale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
bigmouth, blabber, blabbermouth, busybody, canary, fat mouth, fink, gasser, gossip, informer, nark, peacher, polly, quidnunc, rat, ratfink, rumormonger, scandalmonger, sleazemonger, snitch, snitcher, squeaker, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale, tipster, troublemaker, whistleblower, whistler, windbag |