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intricacy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intricacy

1 something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult

  • just now learning the intricacies of owning oneʼs own business
Synonyms of intricacy

complexity, complicacy, complication, convolution, difficulty
Words Related to intricacy

aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction)

subtlety, technicality

annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble
Phrases Synonymous with intricacy

fly in the ointment

2 the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects

  • the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration
Synonyms of intricacy

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

diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness

impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability
Near Antonyms of intricacy

simplification

homogeneity, uniformity
Antonyms of intricacy

plainness, simpleness, simplicity

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