complication

complication

noun

Definition of COMPLICATION

1

something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult <the food allergies of the guests were just another complication for the couple trying to plan their wedding reception>

Synonyms complexity, complicacy, convolution, difficulty, intricacy

Related Words aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble

Phrases fly in the ointment

2

an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning <complications set in after the surgery>

Synonyms affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble

Related Words contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague

Near Antonyms fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shape

Antonyms health, wellness

3

the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects <a problem of such irreducible complication as to defy any easy solution>

Synonyms complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication

Related Words diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability

Near Antonyms simplification; homogeneity, uniformity

Antonyms plainness, simpleness, simplicity