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byzantine

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Synonyms and Antonyms of byzantine

having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated

spent his first year at the Pentagon just trying to fathom its byzantine workings

Synonyms of byzantine

baroque, complex, complicated, convoluted, elaborate, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled

Words Related to byzantine

overcomplex, overcomplicated

composite, compound, heterogeneous, mixed, multibranched, multifaceted, multifarious, multipart, varied

challenging, difficult, tough

impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, Kafkaesque, unfathomable, unintelligible

Near Antonyms of byzantine

oversimplified, simplified, simplistic

homogeneous, uniform, unvaried

Antonyms of byzantine

noncomplex, noncomplicated, plain, simple, uncomplicated

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