Synonyms of labyrinth

labyrinth

noun

ˈla-bə-ˌrin(t)th 

as in maze

a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages

we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maze
• tangle
• warren
• rabbit warren
• jungle
• meander
• web
• quagmire
• catacomb
• entanglement
• snarl
• entrapment
• trap
• snare
• knot
• cat's cradle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of labyrinth

The massive walled labyrinth was a bustling city within a city. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth. — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

Under the streets of Paris, a 75-mile labyrinth of pipes is at work trying to keep the parts of the city cool. — Francois De Beaupuy, Fortune, 28 June 2026

The process currently requires navigating a labyrinth of national rail systems, but that frustration is about to end as the European Commission recently unveiled an ambitious new plan for train travel that seamlessly combines services from multiple rail operators across all 27 EU nations. — Forbes.com, 19 June 2026