Synonyms for involution
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Intricacy — entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy
intricacy, elaboration, complexity, implication, complication, perplexity, entanglement, elaborateness
2. Involvement
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
- n. 2
A complicated grammatical construction.
Related words
- Word family
- involutional involutionary involve
Forms
- Plural
- involutions → intricacies, elaborations, complexities, implications…
Example sentences
- participation Thank you for your work and active participation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| involution | falling | |
| elaboration | steady | |
| elaborateness | falling | |
| participation | steady | |
| convolution | rising | |
| exponentiation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- intricacy4, enfolding
- 10 letters
- engagement3, complexity4, perplexity4
- 11 letters
- involvement3, implication4, elaboration5, convolution4
- 12 letters
- complication4, entanglement4
- 13 letters
- participation5, elaborateness
- 14 letters
- exponentiation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (intricacy4 = 4 syllables).