involved - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated |
| Synonyms: | complex, confusing, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, intricate, knotty*, labyrinthine, muddled, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, winding, Byzantine, Gordian, high-tech, mazy, ramified |
| Antonyms: | easy, simple, uncomplicated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | implicated in action |
| Synonyms: | affected, caught, concerned, eat sleep and breathe, embarrassed, embroiled, enmeshed, entangled, hooked, immersed in, incriminated, interested, into, knee-deep in, mixed up in, mixed up with, occupied, participating, taking part in, tangled, up to here in, up to one's neck in |
| Antonyms: | blameless, exonerated |
| Main Entry: | involve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up*, necessitate, number, presuppose, prove, relate, require, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, point to, preoccupy, rivet, rope in, snarl up, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absorbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being completely occupied mentally |
| Synonyms: | engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels*, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, captivated, consumed, deep in thought, really into, up to here, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstruse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | abstract, complex, complicated, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, heavy*, hidden, incomprehensible, intricate, involved, muddy, obscure, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, subtle, unfathomable, vague, Greek to me, clear as dishwater |
| Antonyms: | clear, concrete, easy, lucid, obvious, plain, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, complex |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arduous, can of worms*, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, fancy, hard, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mixed, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, recondite, sophisticated, troublesome, various, Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, entangled, gasser, hi-tech, interlaced, mega factor, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convoluted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, confused, elaborate, impenetrable, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, perplexing, puzzling, serpentine, tangled, tortuous |
| Antonyms: | simple, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | implied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hinted at |
| Synonyms: | constructive, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inherent, intended, involved, latent, lurking, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, suggested, tacit, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, figured, foreshadowed, inferred, insinuated, meant, significative, signified, symbolized, tacitly assumed, undeclared, unuttered, wordless |
| Antonyms: | stated, explicated, expressed |
| Main Entry: | industrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardworking |
| Synonyms: | active, assiduous, burning, busy, conscientious, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, grind*, intent, involved, jumping, laborious, operose, perky*, persevering, persistent, productive, purposeful, sedulous, spirited, steady, tireless, zealous, ball of fire, in full swing, on the go, plugging, psyched up on |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, slack, unemployed, unproductive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instrumental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential, assisting |
| Synonyms: | active, auxiliary, conducive, helpful, helping, involved, serviceable, subsidiary, useful, contributory, of help, of service, partly responsible |
| Antonyms: | useless, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | interested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, curious |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, attentive, biased, caught, drawn, engrossed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, intent, into*, involved, keen, moved, obsessed, occupied, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, sold, stimulated, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched, attracted, awakened, eat sleep and breathe, enticed, inspirited, lured, on the case, roused, stirred |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, unconcerned, incurious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intricate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated, elaborate |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, baroque, can of worms*, complex, convoluted, difficult, fancy, hard, involved, labyrinthine, obscure, perplexing, rococo, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, tricky, Byzantine, Daedal, entangled, high-tech |
| Antonyms: | direct, methodical, simple, systematic, understandable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, elaborate, formidable, hard, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, perplexing, puzzling, rough, rugged, sophisticated, sticky*, terrible, thorny*, tough, tricky, uphill*, Gordian, effortful, mazy, mystifying, nodulous, problematical, ramified, reticular |
| Antonyms: | simple, uncomplicated, untroublesome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, covert, idle, immature, implied, inactive, inert, inferential, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexpressed, unripe, unseen, veiled, abeyant, between the lines, contained, in abeyance, inferred, smoldering, suppressed, unexposed, unrealized, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | lively |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, active, busy |
| Synonyms: | agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, bright, brisk, buoyant, cheerful, chipper*, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky, frolicsome, gay, happy, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, bustling, buzzing, chirpy, full of pep, go-go, hyper |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perplexing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complicated, confusing, convoluted, impenetrable, intricate, involved, knotty, mysterious, puzzling, taxing, thorny, worrying, beyond one, disconcerting, mind-bending, mystifying, paradoxical |
| Main Entry: | puzzling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confusing |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, baffling, difficult, enigmatic, hard, incomprehensible, inexplicable, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, misleading, obscure, perplexing, surprising, unaccountable, unclear, unfathomable, bewildering, beyond one, mystifying |
| Antonyms: | intelligible, understandable, comprehendible |
| Main Entry: | rapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bewitched, blissful, busy, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, happy, held, hung up*, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, beguiled, captivated, carried away, caught up in, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, ravished, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, repulsed, turned off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recondite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, obscure |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, cryptic, dark, deep, difficult, esoteric, hard, heavy*, hermetic, hidden, involved, mystic, mystical, occult, pedantic, profound, scholarly, secret, acroamatic, little-known, orphic |
| Antonyms: | obvious, plain, simple, straightforward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | verbose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy, long-winded |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, diffuse, flowery, fustian, gabby*, garrulous, grandiloquent, involved, loquacious, magniloquent, prolix, redundant, repeating, repetitious, repetitive, rhetorical, talkative, tautological, tedious, tortuous, windy*, circumlocutory, full of air, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, talky, tautologous, yacking |
| Antonyms: | concise, succinct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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