The statesman barely coped with the intricate issue.
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Intricate
/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/
Synonyms for "intricate" (230 found)
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Closest matches (46)
abstruseamalgamatedambiguousambivalentamphibiousanfractuousarduousbafflingballed upbewilderingbeyond oneblendedbotheringbrutalbusybyzantinecombinedcomplexcomplicatedcomposite
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Noun(11 words)
arabesquearabesque designarabesque scrollbyzantcisccomplex information-processing taskcomplex life form habitatcomplex realitycomplexingcomplicatingcompound a solution
Adjective(12 words)
byzantine artcomplexcomplex animalcomplex clausecomplex designcomplex instructionscomplex life formcomplex life form diversitycomplex living systemcomplex problemcomplex social systemcomputational complexity
Strong matches (69)
confoundingconfusedconfusingconglomerateconvolutedcrabbedcrampcriticaldaedaldaedaliandappleddarkdedaldeepdelicatedemandingdetaileddeviousdifficiledifficult
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discomposingdisconcertingdismayingdistractingdisturbingeclecticelaborateembarrassingembrangledenigmaticentangledequivocalexactingfancyfifty-fiftyformidablefouled upgarbledgordianhairyhalf-and-halfhardhard earnedhard foughthard to understandhard-earnedhard-foughtherculeanheterogeneousimplicatedindiscriminateinvoluted
Adjective(10 words)
convoluteddelicatedense crowd pushdense trafficdensestdiabolicaldynamic computer modelelaborateelaborate designinterlaced pattern
Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (115)
involvedironicjawbreakingjumbledknottedknottylaboriouslabyrinthianlabyrinthineloused upmany sidedmany-facetedmany-sidedmattedmazymeanmeanderingmedleymessed upmingled
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miscellaneousmixedmixed upmotleymucked upmultifacetedmultifariousmultinationalmultiracialmysteriousmystifyingniceno picnicnot easyobfuscatedobscureobscuredoperoseornateovertechnicalpatchyperplexedperplexingperturbingpluralisticpricklyproblematicproblematicalprofoundpromiscuouspuzzlingramifiedrigorousrococoroughroundaboutruggedscrambledscrewed upset with thornssevereshowysinuoussnarledsophisticatedspinysteepstrenuoussubtlesyncretictangledtanglytechnicalthornythrown togetherticklishtoilsometortuoustoughtrickytwisteduphillupsettingvariedwickedwinding
Adjective(15 words)
knottierlabyrinthinelaciermulticellular organism complexitynuancedornate designornate paisley patternsophisticated culturestickyswampiertwistyunwieldyvolutedwoven texturewrinkliest
Noun(7 words)
Adverb(3 words)
more complex life formmore multicellular complexitymost paisley-patterned dress
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesintricate argumentintricate carvingintricate designintricate mechanismintricate networkintricate pattern
Inflections
2 entriesmore intricatemost intricate
Derivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
17 total sentences available.
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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