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complication

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of complication

complexity, convolution, difficulty, intricacy
Words Related to complication

aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction)

subtlety, technicality

annoyance, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble
Phrases Synonymous with complication

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 of complication

ail, ailment, bug, complaint, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble
Words Related to complication

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 of complication

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

fettle, shape
Antonyms of complication

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 of complication

complexity, complexness, complicatedness, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication
Words Related to complication

diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness

impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability
Near Antonyms of complication

simplification

homogeneity, uniformity
Antonyms of complication

plainness, simpleness, simplicity

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