Thesaurus:complication
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sense: a circumstance that makes something more intricate or difficult[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- complication
- entanglement (figurative)
- intricacy
- snarl (figurative)
- wheel within a wheel (idiomatic)
Hypernyms[edit]
- circumstance [⇒ thesaurus]
- difficult situation [⇒ thesaurus]
- hindrance [⇒ thesaurus]
- problem
Holonyms[edit]
Various[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “59A. complexity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “complication” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.