Definition for Complicate:

• Mix up( with other things); make intricate( esp. in p. p.). [ Latin]

Synonyms for Complicate:

• n.

  •
  • escalate,
  • exacerbate.
  •involve (noun)
  • conceal,
  • make complex,
  • ball up,
  • make difficult,
  • knot,
  • embellish.

• v.

  •complicate (verb)
  • confound.
  •confuse, make difficult (verb)
  • disorder,
  • render unintelligible,
  • interrelate,
  • disarrange,
  • convolute,
  • muck up,
  • upset,
  • screw up,
  • derange,
  • fold,
  • interweave,
  • twist,
  • jumble,
  • open can of worms,
  • multiply,
  • snafu,
  • add fuel to fire,
  • Interfuse,
  • bedevil,
  • impede,
  • Infold,
  • handicap,
  • embroil,
  • make waves,
  • combine,
  • clog,
  • snag,
  • make intricate.
  •hinder (verb)
  • choke,
  • frustrate,
  • inhibit,
  • oppose,
  • counter,
  • deter,
  • resist,
  • paralyze,
  • detain,
  • constrain,
  • hinder,
  • constipate,
  • cripple,
  • plug,
  • block,
  • hamper,
  • baffle,
  • dam,
  • fetter,
  • restrain,
  • stay,
  • impair,
  • foul,
  • bar,
  • entrap,
  • bottleneck,
  • drag,
  • jam,
  • congest,
  • cramp,
  • mire,
  • burden,
  • bung,
  • catch,
  • check,
  • thwart,
  • encumber,
  • restrict,
  • interrupt,
  • curb,
  • delay,
  • brake,
  • hamstring,
  • stop,
  • obstruct,
  • crimp.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • clutter,
  • pervert.
  •
  • defy,
  • ravel.
  •
  • deepen,
  • obscure.
  •
  • embarrass.
  •confuse
  • mystify.
  •Other relevant words:
  • sophisticate,
  • agglutinate,
  • rectify,
  • garnish,
  • louse up,
  • beef up,
  • append,
  • wrap up,
  • gain,
  • tousle,
  • hitch on,
  • exaggerate,
  • attach,
  • adorn,
  • accelerate,
  • whet,
  • heighten,
  • Imbrangle,
  • astonish,
  • enhance,
  • garble,
  • adjoin,
  • ensnarl,
  • involute,
  • extend,
  • ensnare,
  • Daedal,
  • manipulate,
  • scramble,
  • affix,
  • stupefy,
  • intensify,
  • embrangle,
  • tag,
  • magnify,
  • ornament,
  • get,
  • slap on,
  • muck,
  • implicated,
  • suffix,
  • amaze,
  • dumbfound,
  • labor,
  • strengthen,
  • invert,
  • soup up,
  • tie up,
  • ramify,
  • intricate,
  • blow up,
  • conjoin,
  • byzantine,
  • shadow,
  • dishevel,
  • key up,
  • concentrate,
  • crabbed,
  • heat up,
  • involutional,
  • Superadd,
  • perplexed,
  • join,
  • complex,
  • braid,
  • acquire,
  • bundle up,
  • pose,
  • subjoin,
  • join with,
  • astound,
  • unite with,
  • sharpen,
  • superpose,
  • consolidate,
  • rumple,
  • triple,
  • tag on,
  • prefix,
  • vex,
  • mix,
  • annex,
  • ruffle,
  • annexe,
  • redouble,
  • complexify,
  • sophisticated,
  • infix,
  • postfix,
  • interfere,
  • put with,
  • saddle with,
  • down,
  • amplify,
  • contrive,
  • Complexed,
  • complicated,
  • decorate,
  • double,
  • beat,
  • bewilder,
  • hot up,
  • reinforce,
  • condense,
  • unsettle,
  • plus,
  • work out,
  • add,
  • polish,
  • jazz up,
  • confounded,
  • confused,
  • hop up,
  • implicate,
  • tack on.

Paraphrases for Complicate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    complicated, Complicating, complex, intricate.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    hamper, impede, hinder, aggravate, jeopardize, convene, obstruct, hold, constrain, impair, worsen, undermine, jeopardise, endanger, frustrate, affect, disrupt, confuse.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    compound.

Antonyms for Complicate:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    remove, explicate, unvaried, plain, homogeneous, simple, oversimplified, distinguish, extricate, simplified, noncomplex, uniform, separate, simplistic, uncomplicated, disconnect.

• v.

  • change
    simplify.
  • confuse, make difficult
    disentangle, clear up, untwist, free, uncomplicate, order, exclude, clarify, untangle, make simple, explain, facilitate, divide, straighten, ease, enlighten, arrange.

Hypernym for Complicate:

• v.

  • change
    embrangle, snarl, snarl up, complexify.

Hyponym for Complicate:

• v.

  • change
    change, alter, modify.