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Synonyms for complicate
ˈkɒm plɪˌkeɪt; -kɪtcom·pli·cate
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Wiktionary
complicateverb
complicateverb
Intertwined.
Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.
complicateadjective
Complex, complicated.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
complicate
To involve (Latin in, in, and volvo, roll) is to roll or wind up with or in so as to combine inextricably or inseparably, or nearly so; as, the nation is involved in war; the bookkeeper's accounts, or the writer's sentences are involved. Involve is a stronger word than implicate, denoting more complete entanglement. As applied to persons, implicate is always used in an unfavorable sense, and involve ordinarily so; but implicate applies only to that which is wrong, while involve is more commonly used of that which is unfortunate; one is implicated in a crime, involved in embarrassments, misfortunes, or perplexities. As regards logical connection that which is included is usually expressly stated; that which is implied is not stated, but is naturally to be inferred; that which is involved is necessarily to be inferred; as, a slate roof is included in the contract; that the roof shall be water-tight is implied; the contrary supposition involves an absurdity. See COMPLEX.
Synonyms:
embarrass, embroil, entangle, implicate, imply, include, involve, overwhelmAntonyms:
disconnect, disentangle, distinguish, explicate, extricate, remove, separate
Princeton's WordNet
complicate, perplexverb
make more complicated
"There was a new development that complicated the matter"
Synonyms:
elaborate, refine, stick, dumbfound, nonplus, pose, stupefy, puzzle, gravel, mystify, rarify, bewilder, get, beat, flummox, amaze, perplex, baffle, vexAntonyms:
simplifycomplicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"
Synonyms:
elaborate, refine, perplex, lucubrate, exposit, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, work out, rectify, dilate, expatiate, expand, expound, flesh out, enlargeAntonyms:
simplify
Dictionary of English Synonymes
complicateverb
Synonyms:
involve, entangle, make complex, make intricatecomplicateadjective
Synonyms:
complex, complicated
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "complicate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#311 | down | |
#408 | include | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3387 | stick | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5419 | involve | |
#6470 | compound | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10787 | imply | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#20086 | intricate | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#39035 | overwhelm | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#43520 | embarrass | |
#53567 | mire | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57544 | implicate | |
#75307 | expound | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#108226 | entangle | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#278396 | embroil |
How to use complicate in a sentence?
And the fact that the company is still in a complex, litigious bankruptcy could complicate matters.
Obviously we’re in favor of repealing the individual mandate, but we didn’t want to needlessly complicate the passage of tax reform, so we want to see the Senate go first and see if they can get that done and then we’ll discuss whether or not it gets included at the end [in conference].
My bottom line is don't complicate stuff, diversify to protect yourself.
Life is really simple; we ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it.
Hero-cults complicate everything in a Sacred Band.
Translations for complicate
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- عقد, تعقدArabic
- усложнявамBulgarian
- komplikovatCzech
- komplizierenGerman
- komplikiEsperanto
- complicarSpanish
- compliquerFrench
- cuir tro-chèileScottish Gaelic
- סיבךHebrew
- complicareItalian
- 複雑にするJapanese
- complicerenDutch
- complicarPortuguese
- complicaRomanian
- осложнять, усложнить, осложнить, усложнятьRussian
- ускладнитиUkrainian
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