Synonyms for knotty
ˈnɒt iknot·ty

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knotty

   Synonyms:
   tough, bard, difficult, complicated

   Antonyms:
   plain, simple, easy, obvious

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1. baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughadjective

   making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

   "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

   Synonyms:
   subtle, gnarled, involved, problematical, debatable, ruffianly, bad, rugged, toughened, problematic, snarly, baffling, gnarly, hard, tangled, sturdy, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, tortuous, convoluted, snarled

   Antonyms:
   easy, simple, untangled, straight

2. gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbedadjective

   used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

   "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

   Synonyms:
   tangled, baffling, problematic, gnarly, convoluted, tortuous, gnarled, tough, snarly, problematical, involved, snarled, knotted, elusive, knobbed

   Antonyms:
   simple, easy, straight, untangled

3. Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuousadjective

   highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

   "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

   Synonyms:
   involved, problematical, twisty, convolute, twisting, winding, problematic, mired, gnarled, gnarly, tangled, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, snarly, voluminous, tortuous, convoluted, baffling, snarled

   Antonyms:
   easy, straight, untangled, simple

4. knotty, snarled, snarlyadjective

   tangled in knots or snarls

   "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"

   Synonyms:
   tangled, baffling, problematic, convoluted, tortuous, gnarled, tough, snarly, involved, knobbed, snarled, knotted, elusive, problematical, gnarly

   Antonyms:
   untangled, simple, straight, easy

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1. knottyadjective

   Synonyms:
   knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, knurly

2. knottyadjective

   Synonyms:
   intricate, difficult, perplexing, embarrassing, hard, troublesome

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1. knottyadjective

   Synonyms:
   knotted, gnarled, crossgrained, intricate, difficult, complicated

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1. List of paraphrases for "knotty":

   thorny, intractable

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How to use knotty in a sentence?

1. Tom Perez:

   Sometimes when you're in a less formal setting, it's conducive to letting your guard down a little bit and I had found that to be the case in a number of knotty situations.