Synonyms for involve
ɪnˈvɒlvin·volve

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1. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   entangle, implicate, complicate, overwhelm, imply, embarrass, include

2. involveverb

   To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

   Synonyms:
   imply, include, entangle, complicate, implicate, overwhelm, embarrass

3. involveverb

   To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.

   Synonyms:
   entangle, overwhelm, complicate, imply, include, implicate, embarrass

4. involveverb

   To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.

   Synonyms:
   entangle, imply, include, embarrass, overwhelm, implicate, complicate

5. involveverb

   To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.

   Synonyms:
   implicate, entangle, imply, embarrass, overwhelm, complicate, include

6. involveverb

   To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.

   Synonyms:
   entangle, overwhelm, embarrass, complicate, imply, include, implicate

7. involveverb

   To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.

   Synonyms:
   embarrass, overwhelm, entangle, include, implicate, complicate, imply

8. involveverb

   To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.

   Synonyms:
   implicate, embarrass, include, overwhelm, entangle, complicate, imply

9. involveverb

   To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.

   Synonyms:
   implicate, embarrass, complicate, include, overwhelm, imply, entangle

10. involveverb

    Status: involved

    Synonyms:
    implicate, complicate, entangle, imply, include, embarrass, overwhelm

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1. involve

   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:
   complicate, embarrass, embroil, entangle, implicate, imply, include, overwhelm

   Antonyms:
   disconnect, disentangle, distinguish, explicate, extricate, remove, separate

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1. involve

   Synonyms:
   implicate, confound, mingle, envelop, compromise, include, complicate, entangle

   Antonyms:
   separate, extricate, disconnect

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1. involve, affect, regardverb

   connect closely and often incriminatingly

   "This new ruling affects your business"

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, call for, impress, touch, see, consider, strike, dissemble, sham, take, move, reckon, touch on, imply, pretend, require, affect, necessitate, postulate, demand, impact, ask, bear on, regard, view, need, feign

2. involveverb

   engage as a participant

   "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, take, ask, affect, regard, imply, call for, necessitate, demand

3. imply, involveverb

   have as a necessary feature

   "This decision involves many changes"

   Synonyms:
   entail, call for, demand, mean, need, postulate, imply, require, affect, necessitate, inculpate, incriminate, ask, regard, connote, take

4. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandverb

   require as useful, just, or proper

   "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, pick up, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, inquire, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, necessitate, bespeak, invite, imply, consume, drive, hire, posit, consider, need, rent, pick out, collect, quest, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, gather up, lease, take aim, want, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, make, claim, regard, enquire, request, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, affect, expect, bring, command, submit, convey, shoot, aim, direct, contend, charter, get, contain, take in, subscribe, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, ask, conduct

5. involveverb

   contain as a part

   "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, take, ask, affect, regard, imply, call for, necessitate, demand

6. involveverb

   occupy or engage the interest of

   "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, take, ask, affect, regard, imply, call for, necessitate, demand

7. involveverb

   make complex or intricate or complicated

   "The situation was rather involved"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, take, ask, affect, regard, imply, call for, necessitate, demand

Matched Categories

1. • Complicate
   • Engross
   • Have
   • Include

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1. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   envelop, inwrap, wrap, cover

2. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   include (as a consequence), imply, comprise, embrace, contain

3. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   entangle, implicate

4. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   complicate, make intricate

5. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   join, conjoin, connect, unite, mingle, blend

6. involveverb

   Synonyms:
   twine, intwine, intertwine, interweave, interlace, inweave, twist together

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1. List of paraphrases for "involve":

   include, engage, imply, entail, involving, participate, implicate, engaging, associate, mean, participation, cover, involved, require, encompass, incorporate

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How to use involve in a sentence?

1. Deputy Chief Rob Sherwin:

   This incident did not involve Mr. Ramirez, but he told his girlfriend that he did not want to live and wanted to shoot at the officers.

2. Nisha Jhalani:

   Fitness trackers are a great way to make people aware of their activity level throughout the day, oftentimes, our perceived activity is much more than actual time spent we spend moving, especially people whose jobs involve sitting at a desk for hours at a time.

3. Paul Smith:

   They kind of kept their head down with regard to the election, and didn't involve themselves with anything in respect to the aftermath of the election, and were hoping to not be too visible, now they're starting to gather momentum and the very conservative majority on the court is I think headed in the direction of an absolutely blockbuster term next year.

4. Frank Lonegro:

   It may be that the path forward really does involve the cessation of service. We're all looking at that.

5. Education Bureau:

   If any teaching materials have content which is outdated or involves the four crimes under the law, unless they are being used to positively teach pupils about their national security awareness or sense of safeguarding national security, otherwise if they involve other serious crime or socially and morally unacceptable act, they should be removed, school management and teachers should review all learning and teaching materials in a timely manner, including books.