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com·pli·cate
 complicate
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, adjective
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
kam
plih
keIt
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| inflections: |
complicated, complicates, complicating |
| definition: |
to make (a problem, issue, or situation) more difficult or complex.
We were already lost, but getting the wrong directions only complicated the situation.- synonyms:
- embroil, entangle, involve, perplex, snarl, tangle
- antonyms:
- resolve, simplify, unravel
- similar words:
- confound, confuse, embarrass, jumble, knot, mix, muddle, obfuscate, obscure, ravel
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| related words: |
mess |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
kam
plih
k t
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| definition 1: |
involved or intricate.
- synonyms:
- complex, complicated, elaborate, intricate, involved
- similar words:
- knotty, tangled
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| definition 2: |
in biology, folded lengthwise several times, as an insect wing or a leaf.
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Complicate is from a Latin word that means "to fold or weave together."
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