intricacy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of INTRICACY

something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult <just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business>

Synonyms complexity, complicacy, convolution, difficulty, intricacy

Related Words aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble

the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects <the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration>

Synonyms complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication

Near Antonyms simplification; homogeneity, uniformity

Antonyms plainness, simpleness, simplicity

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