All intricate synonyms
in·tri·cate
I i adj intricate
- tricky — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- tortuous — full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- complex — Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- tangled — snarled, interlaced, or mixed up: tangled thread.
- convoluted — If you describe a sentence, idea, or system as convoluted, you mean that it is complicated and difficult to understand.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- can of worms — a complicated problem
- fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- involved — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- perplexing — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- rococo — a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- daedal — skilful or intricate
- high-tech — high technology.
verb intricate
- convolute — to form into a twisted, coiled, or rolled shape
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- snaking — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
adjective intricate
- complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- knotty — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- entangled — Simple past tense and past participle of entangle.