Synonyms of entangled

entangled

verb

past tense of entangle

1

as in tangled

to twist together into a usually confused mass

in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangled
• knotted
• intertwined
• jumbled
• snarled
• braided
• scrambled
• interlaced
• wound
• intertwisted
• entwined
• interwove
• twined
• writhed
• plaited
• scrabbled
• enlaced
• wove
• wreathed
• entwisted
• inwove

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disentangled
• untangled
• untwisted
• unraveled
• unknotted
• untwined
• unsnarled
• unscrambled
• unwove

2

as in trapped

to catch or hold as if in a net

the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangled
• trapped
• enmeshed
• ensnared
• entrapped
• meshed
• snared
• involved
• ensnarled
• netted
• captured
• entoiled
• caught up
• implicated
• embroiled
• collared
• mired
• birdlimed
• bagged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detached
• disentangled
• untangled
• disengaged
• liberated
• freed
• cleared
• extricated

3

as in complicated

to make complex or difficult

the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complicated
• complexed
• intensified
• sophisticated
• embarrassed
• perplexed
• complexified
• confused
• expanded
• elaborated
• tangled
• developed
• muddled
• snarled
• mixed (up)
• magnified
• confounded
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• simplified
• cut
• streamlined
• shortened
• facilitated
• abbreviated
• eased
• straightened (out)
• disentangled
• unraveled
• untangled
• oversimplified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entangled

Football is full of cautionary tales (and, for the sake of balance, morally-dubious fairy tales) about the risks and rewards of taking on finance adjacent to or entangled with politics. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 July 2026

In theory, this means any two spins could be moved around arbitrarily, brought into proximity, and entangled. — ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

Things went from bad to worse when they became entangled with a group of dangerous criminals, leading to a night of hilariously horrific violence. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

SpaceX is an unusually difficult case because so much of its value lies in distant, nonlinear and related-party-entangled businesses with little public operating history. — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Today, all of these layers are entangled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where the battle over territory and history converge. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Archer’s main competitor in the air taxi space is Joby, a startup based in Santa Cruz that has been entangled in a bitter legal battle with Archer for more than a year. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Lucas will play Greg, a lawyer and the husband of Kidman’s powerful and formidable corporate law partner at the same prestigious firm entangled in a dark web of NDAs. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 July 2026

In Mile End Kicks, Barbie Ferreira stars as a music writer who gets entangled with a local Montreal band. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 July 2026