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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 one's 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

homogeneity, uniformity

Antonyms of intricacy

plainness, simpleness, simplicity

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