Synonyms for complication
ˌkɒm plɪˈkeɪ ʃəncom·pli·ca·tion

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1. complicationnoun

   the act or process of complicating

   Synonyms:
   complicatedness, tortuousness, ramification, knottiness

2. complicationnoun

   a situation or condition that is complex or confused

   "her coming was a serious complication"

   Synonyms:
   complicatedness, tortuousness, ramification, knottiness

3. complicationnoun

   any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease

   "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"

   Synonyms:
   complicatedness, tortuousness, ramification, knottiness

4. complication, ramificationnoun

   a development that complicates a situation

   "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"

   Synonyms:
   branch, forking, fork, leg, complicatedness, ramification, tortuousness, branching, knottiness

5. complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousnessnoun

   puzzling complexity

   Synonyms:
   tortuosity, torsion, complicatedness, ramification, tortuousness, crookedness, knottiness, contortion

Matched Categories

1. • Complexity
   • Development
   • Disease
   • Hindrance
   • Situation

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1. complicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   complexity, intricacy, entanglement

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1. complicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   intricacy, entanglement, involution, complexity, snarl, confusion, imbroglio

   Antonyms:
   disentanglement, simplicity

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1. List of paraphrases for "complication":

   complications, complicating, complexity

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1. Volodymyr Omelyan:

   It makes sometimes a complication because … you should present some papers on the origins of those goods or special certificates, and definitely creates problems on both sides, customs knows about the situation and they try to facilitate as much as possible.

2. Hamish Husband:

   As important as the World Cup semifinalist England game is, we still miss the world stage, the complication of the World Cup semifinalist England game is not what we want.

3. Petro Poroshenko:

   Due to the complication of the situation, the President decided to shorten his visit to Switzerland and ... return to Ukraine on (Wednesday).

4. Ryan Zeigler:

   This will be the permanent record of what the material inside the core looks like before it got pushed out and divided into half-centimeter increments, the drive tube was very full, which is one of the things we learned with the CT scans, and it caused a slight complication in how we were initially planning to extrude it, but we have been able to adapt using these scans.

5. Terry DuBrow:

   I think if you can see the plastic surgery, it is too much, or it’s improperly done or they had a complication, meaning plastic surgery should just look refreshed. It should look natural. You shouldn't be able to tell anyone has had any work done unless you know them for a long time and suddenly they look so much better.