Synonyms for involved
- adjective
Most common
complex complicated tangled convoluted interested concerned plugged-in mired
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Complex — complicated
complex, complicated, tangled, convoluted, entangled, confused, intricate, problematic, knotty, tortuous, byzantine, labyrinthine
2. Concerned
concerned, engaged UK, interested, active
Other
mired, encumbered, plugged-in, worky informal rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Complicated.
He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
- adj. 2
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
He got/was involved in a bar fight.
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- complex The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
- complicated The problem's a little more complicated than that.
- tangled Give us peace with your tangled hair: go brush it!
- convoluted The plot's so convoluted, I have no idea what's going on.
- interested Every one of us is more or less interested in art.
- concerned As far as I am concerned, I don't think it's true.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| involved | steady | |
| complex | steady | |
| complicated | steady | |
| tangled | rising | |
| convoluted | rising | |
| interested | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- mired1, worky
- 6 letters
- active2, knotty2
- 7 letters
- complex2, engaged2, tangled2
- 8 letters
- confused2, tortuous3
- 9 letters
- concerned2, intricate3, byzantine3, entangled3
- 10 letters
- interested3, convoluted4, encumbered3
- 11 letters
- complicated4, problematic4
- 12 letters
- labyrinthine4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (active2 = 2 syllables).