Synonyms for complicated
ˈkɒm plɪˌkeɪ tɪdcom·pli·cat·ed

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1. complicatedadjective

   Antonyms:
   simple

2. complicatedadjective

   It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.

   Antonyms:
   simple

3. complicatedadjective

   Antonyms:
   simple

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1. complicated

   That is complex which is made up of several connected parts. That is compound in which the parts are not merely connected, but fused, or otherwise combined into a single substance. In a composite object the different parts have less of unity than in that which is complex or compound, but maintain their distinct individuality. In a heterogeneous body unlike parts or particles are intermingled, often without apparent order or plan. Conglomerate (literally, globed together) is said of a confused mingling of masses or lumps of various substances. The New England pudding-stone is a conglomerate rock. In a complex object the arrangement and relation of parts may be perfectly clear; in a complicated mechanism the parts are so numerous, or so combined, that the mind can not readily grasp their mutual relations; in an intricate arrangement the parts are so intertwined that it is difficult to follow their windings; things are involved which are rolled together so as not to be easily separated, either in thought or in fact; things which are tangled or entangled mutually hold and draw upon each other. The conception of a material object is usually complex, involving form, color, size, and other elements; a clock is a complicated mechanism; the Gordian knot was intricate; the twining serpents of the Laocoon are involved. We speak of an abstruse statement, a complex conception, a confused heap, a heterogeneous mass, a tangled skein, an intricate problem; of composite architecture, an involved sentence; of the complicated or intricate accounts of a great business, the entangled accounts of an incompetent or dishonest bookkeeper.

   Synonyms:
   abstruse, complex, composite, compound, confused, conglomerate, entangled, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, manifold, mingled, mixed, multiform, obscure, tangled

   Antonyms:
   clear, direct, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uncombined, uncompounded, uniform, unraveled

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1. complicated

   Synonyms:
   confused, intricate, involved, perplexed, entangled

   Antonyms:
   clear, simple, uninvolved, lucid, unraveled

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1. complicatedadjective

   difficult to analyze or understand

   "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

   Antonyms:
   simple

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1. inextricableadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 9, 2023  

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1. complicatedadjective

   Synonyms:
   involved, entangled, complex, complicate

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1. complicatedadjective

   Synonyms:
   complex, intricate, involved, entangled, complicate

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1. List of paraphrases for "complicated":

   complex, difficult, intricate, tricky, cumbersome, convoluted, compounded, sophisticated, challenging, messy, elaborate

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1. Michael Krondl:

   This probably would have been great six hours ago, But I feel as though the glaze just gets lost in the cake donut and a yeast donut just works better with complicated toppings.

2. Martha Stewart:

   Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

3. Luca Cari:

   The rescue is complicated because this happened in the middle of the countryside.

4. Director Dan Reed:

   If there's anything we've learned during this time in our history, it's that sexual abuse is complicated, and survivors' voices need to be listened to.

5. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer:

   Turkey's membership of the European Union is a long process which we are in the middle of; the process is not simple, on the contrary, it is highly complicated due to a range of reasons, it is far too early to predict what the result at the end of this difficult accession process will be.