Thesaurus:complication

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complication

English

Noun

Sense: a circumstance that makes something more intricate or difficult

Synonyms

• complication
• entanglement (figurative)
• intricacy
• snarl (figurative)
• wheel within a wheel (idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• circumstance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• difficult situation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hindrance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• problem

Holonyms

• imbroglio
• intrigue
• situation

Various

• thing

See also

• Thesaurus:complex
• Thesaurus:complexity
• Thesaurus:complicate

Further reading

• “59A. complexity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “complication” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.