Intricate

//ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət//

Synonyms for "intricate" (167 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Verb(1 words)
complicate
Adjective(1 words)
convoluted

Strong matches (50)

Adjective(1 words)
fancy

Related words (83)

Adjective(2 words)
nonsimpleworky

Related word relations

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3 relation types

derived

6 entries

related to

7 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

76 translations across 39 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πολύπλοκος adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • заплетен adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • сложен adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Catalan

1 entries
  • intricat adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 複雜的 /复杂的 adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Dutch

2 entries
  • gecompliceerd adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • ingewikkeld adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Finnish

3 entries
  • konstikas adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • monimutkainen adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • mutkikas adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

French

3 entries
  • compliqué adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • intriqué adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • tortueux adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Galician

1 entries
  • intricado adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჩახლართული adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

German

4 entries
  • aufwendig adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • ausgeklügelt adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • diffizil adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • filigran adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Greek

1 entries
  • μπερδεμένος adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מורכב adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • מסובך adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bonyolult adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • komplikált adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • szövevényes adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • tekervényes adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Irish

4 entries
  • achrannach adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • aimhréidh adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • cas adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • casta adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Italian

1 entries
  • intricato adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 複雑 adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Korean

1 entries
  • 복잡(複雜)하다 adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Latin

2 entries
  • contortus adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • nōdōsus adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • заплеткан adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Manx

1 entries
  • cramp adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Māori

4 entries
  • matatini adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • takawhiwhiwhiwhi adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • takawhīwhiwhi adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • whiwhi adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • intrikat adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • intrikat adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • derchjehäakjat adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Polish

3 entries
  • skomplikowany adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • zawiły adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • złożony adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • intrincado adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Romanian

1 entries
  • complicat adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Russian

3 entries
  • замыслова́тый adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • запу́танный adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • сло́жный adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • eadar-fhighte adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Slovak

2 entries
  • komplikovaný adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • zložitý adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Spanish

1 entries
  • intrincado adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Swedish

2 entries
  • intrikat adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • invecklad adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • saligutgot adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • fifi adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Tongan

1 entries
  • fihi adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ince işçilik adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phức tạp adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Welsh

2 entries
  • astrus adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • cymhleth adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • cıtêfil adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
  • cıtêfile adj (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The statesman barely coped with the intricate issue.

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I can see some intricate patterns in the picture.

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The statesmen are barely coping with the intricate foreign affairs.

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It was an intricate scheme to defraud the rightful heirs.

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