Definition of intricate
- intricate machinery
- an intricate plot
The movie has an intricate plot.
an intricate machine that requires some training to use it properly
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complex, complicated, detailed, elaborate, fancy, involved, sophisticated;
elegant, exquisite, grand, magnificent, ornate, splendid;
chichi, extravagant, exuberant, fancified, flamboyant, frilly, gimmicked (up), grandiose, ostentatious, overwrought, showy, souped-up;
Byzantine, convoluted, involute, involuted, labyrinthian, labyrinthine;
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