| 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
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| 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
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