| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
Synonyms: |
Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, abstruse, bewildering, circuitous, complicated, confused, convoluted, crabbed, cryptic, discursive, disordered, disturbing, enigmatic, entangled, excursive, hidden, impenetrable, inscrutable, interwoven, intricate, involved, jumbled, knotted, knotty, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, mingled, mixed, muddled, obscure, paradoxical, perplexing, puzzling, rambling, recondite, round-about, sinuous, snarled, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, undecipherable, unfathomable, winding |
| 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: |
apparent, clear, direct, discernible, easy, evident, obvious, plain |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
Synonyms: |
add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset |
Antonyms: |
disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
Synonyms: |
bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | entwine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
Synonyms: |
braid, coil, corkscrew, curl, embrace, encircle, enmesh, entangle, interlace, interplait, intertwine, interweave, knit, lace, plait, spiral, surround, twine, weave, wind, wreathe |
Antonyms: |
unravel, untwist, unwind |
| Main Entry: | inseparable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to be divided |
Synonyms: |
as one, attached, conjoined, connected, entwined, inalienable, indissoluble, indivisible, inseverable, integral, integrated, intertwined, interwoven, molded, secure, tied up, unified, united, whole |
Antonyms: |
dividable, separable |
| Main Entry: | intermingle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, mix |
Synonyms: |
amalgamate, associate, combine, come together, commingle, commix, fuse, immingle, interblend, interfuse, interlace, intermix, interweave, join, merge, mesh, network, pool, throw in with, throw together, wed |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate, unmix |
| Main Entry: | intertwine/interweave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
Synonyms: |
associate, braid, connect, convolute, crisscross, cross, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertwist, intervolve, interwind, interwreathe, link, mesh, network, relate, reticulate, tangle, tat, weave |
Antonyms: |
untwine, untwist |
| Main Entry: | lace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, intertwine |
Synonyms: |
add, attach, bind, close, do up, fortify, interlace, interweave, mix, plat, spike, strap, thread, tie, twine |
Antonyms: |
unfasten, unlace, untie, untwine |
| Main Entry: | mingle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically join |
Synonyms: |
admix, alloy, blend, coalesce, commingle, compound, intermingle, intermix, interweave, make up, marry, meld, merge, mix, unite, wed |
Antonyms: |
disjoin |
| Main Entry: | mix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine, join |
Synonyms: |
admix, adulterate, alloy, amalgamate, associate, blend, braid, coalesce, commingle, commix, compound, conjoin, cross, embody, fuse, hybridize, incorporate, infiltrate, infuse, instill, interbreed, intermingle, interweave, jumble, knead, link, lump, make up, merge, mingle, mix up, put together, saturate, stir, suffuse, synthesize, tangle, transfuse, unite, weave, work in |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, divide, remove, separate, sever, unmix |