Synonyms for complication
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Knottiness
2. Complexity
complexity, intricacy, entanglement, implication, ramification, perplexity, snarl, imbroglio, tangle, knot, involution
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of complicating.
- n. 2
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
Related words
- Word family
- complex complexity complicate
- Is a kind of
- circumstance hindrance problem bells and whistles
Forms
- Plural
- complications → knottinesses, complicatednesses, tortuousnesses, complexities…
Example sentences
- complexity The world is a place of seemingly infinite complexity.
- obstacle Bypassing this obstacle, you find your way again.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| complication | steady | |
| complexity | rising | |
| intricacy | steady | |
| obstacle | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- knot1
- 5 letters
- snarl1
- 6 letters
- tangle2
- 8 letters
- obstacle3
- 9 letters
- intricacy4, imbroglio3
- 10 letters
- complexity4, perplexity4, involution, knottiness
- 11 letters
- implication4
- 12 letters
- entanglement4, ramification5, tortuousness
- 15 letters
- complicatedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tangle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- complication
- Italiano
- complicazione
- Español
- complicación
- Deutsch
- Komplikation
- Català
- complicació