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, complicacy, convolution, difficulty, intricacy Words Related to complication 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 of complication affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, disease, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, troubleWords 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, plagueNear Antonyms of complication fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shapeAntonyms 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 complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complexity, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophisticationWords Related to complication diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicabilityNear Antonyms of complication simplification; homogeneity, uniformityAntonyms of complication plainness, simpleness, simplicity