com·pli·cate
complicate
- pronunciation:
- kam
plih
keIt
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
complicated, complicates, complicating |
| definition: |
to make more difficult to do or understand.
The bad weather complicated our vacation plans.- synonyms:
- snarl, tangle
- antonyms:
- resolve, simplify, unravel
- similar words:
- confuse, jumble, knot, mix, muddle, obscure, ravel
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Complicate is from a Latin word that means "to fold or weave together."