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maze - 12 thesaurus results
| 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: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, distraction, glaze, haze, maze, shock, stupefaction, stupor, trance, befuddlement, gauze, lala-land, muddledness, nadaville, narcosis |
| Antonyms: | expectation, understanding |
| Main Entry: | jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wilderness full of plant and animal life |
| Synonyms: | bush, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo, boscage, chaparral, primeval forest |
| Main Entry: | mesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting, entanglement |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, morass, net, network, plexus, screen, snare, snarl, tangle, trap, web, reticulation, skein, toils, tracery |
| Main Entry: | morass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog; mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, snarl, swamp, tangle, web, skein |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artery, chain, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross*, fabric, fiber, grid, grill*, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork*, plexus, structure, system, wattle, weave, web, wiring, checkerboard, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, reticulation, reticule, screening, tessellation, tracks |
* = 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: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental burden |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bother, care, charge, complication, crisis, depression, discouragement, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, frustration, grievance, harassment, imbroglio, inconvenience, irritation, jam, maze, mess, millstone*, misery, oppression, pickle*, pinch, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, ramification, responsibility, scrape*, setback, strain, strait, stress, strife, struggle, to-do*, trouble, vicissitude, weight, worry, bafflement, hangup, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentment, peace, pleasure, satisfaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental unclarity |
| Synonyms: | blindness, confusion, daze, haze, maze, mist, obscurity, stupor, trance, vagueness, befuddlement, muddledness, muddlement, perplexity |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | cognizance, understanding |
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