Definition for Complication:

• a development that complicates a situation; " the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"

Synonyms for Complication:

• n.

  •
  • crisis,
  • discharge,
  • dehydration,
  • aetiology,
  • simple,
  • chill,
  • perforation.
  •act (noun)
  • complication.
  •can of worms (noun)
  • dog's breakfasts,
  • troublesome problems,
  • hornet nest,
  • dogs breakfasts,
  • mares nest,
  • mare nest,
  • dogs breakfast,
  • can-worms,
  • can worms,
  • unpredictable situations,
  • gordian knots,
  • pandora box,
  • head-ache,
  • dog breakfasts,
  • complex problems,
  • dog breakfast,
  • hard nut crack,
  • pandoras box.
  •complexity (noun)
  • elaboration,
  • dilemma,
  • development.
  •complicatedness (noun)
  • complexity.
  •complication (noun)
  • knottiness,
  • complicatedness.
  •confusion (noun)
  • dis location,
  • dis organizations,
  • dis-composure,
  • dis-composures,
  • dis-organizations,
  • mis-takes,
  • dis composure,
  • up roar,
  • mis take,
  • up-roar,
  • dis-location,
  • sur prise,
  • dis array,
  • up roars,
  • emotional upsets,
  • mis takes,
  • sur-prises,
  • dis arrays,
  • un-tidinesses,
  • un-tidiness,
  • dis locations,
  • dis-array,
  • un tidiness,
  • mis-take,
  • sur-prise,
  • sur prises,
  • up-roars,
  • dis-arrays,
  • un tidinesses,
  • dis composures,
  • dis-organization,
  • dis organization,
  • hodge podge,
  • dis-locations.
  •difficult situation (noun)
  • entanglement,
  • obstacle,
  • factor,
  • aggravation,
  • web,
  • drawback,
  • snag.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • oppressiveness,
  • formidability,
  • fussiness,
  • hardness,
  • cumbersomeness,
  • stressfulness,
  • toughness,
  • roughness,
  • onerousness,
  • severity,
  • arduousness,
  • wearying,
  • tightness,
  • adversity,
  • contrariness,
  • ordeal,
  • strenuousness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • wearisomeness,
  • ticklishness,
  • trickiness,
  • harshness.
  •disease (noun)
  • attack,
  • collapse,
  • curse,
  • debility,
  • feverishness,
  • infirmity,
  • ailment,
  • spasm,
  • illness,
  • syndrome,
  • decrepitude,
  • infliction,
  • affection,
  • symptom,
  • handicap,
  • indisposition,
  • nausea,
  • ague,
  • sickness,
  • Sickliness,
  • breakdown,
  • complaint,
  • pestilence,
  • infection,
  • malaise,
  • malady,
  • unhealthiness,
  • condition,
  • queasiness,
  • apoplexy,
  • fever,
  • bug,
  • virus,
  • disability.
  •disorder (noun)
  • statics,
  • terrorism,
  • riotings,
  • lawlessness,
  • anarchism,
  • mob rule.
  •distraction (noun)
  • dis tractions,
  • dis-traction,
  • be-wilderment,
  • re creations,
  • pre occupations,
  • be wilderments,
  • pre occupation,
  • be wilderment,
  • dis-tractions,
  • re creation,
  • pre-occupation,
  • be-wilderments,
  • pre-occupations,
  • dis traction.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • entrapment,
  • blockage,
  • catch,
  • snarl,
  • mire,
  • congestion,
  • crimp,
  • impasse,
  • deterrent,
  • hindrance,
  • frustration,
  • clog,
  • disadvantage,
  • burden,
  • bafflement,
  • constraint,
  • inhibition,
  • opposition,
  • constipation,
  • interruption,
  • restraint,
  • blockade,
  • encumbrance,
  • choke,
  • stop,
  • bottleneck,
  • bung,
  • stoppage,
  • obstruction,
  • jam,
  • plug,
  • impediment,
  • drag,
  • brake,
  • delay,
  • restriction,
  • impedance,
  • barrier,
  • block,
  • stay,
  • damper,
  • resistance,
  • dam.
  •hornets' nest (noun)
  • hornets-nest,
  • hornets'-nest,
  • hornets nest.
  •imbroglio (noun)
  • knock-down-drag-outs,
  • knock down drag outs,
  • runin,
  • knock down drag out,
  • fallingout.
  •problem (noun)
  • dis-agreement,
  • disputed points,
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis agreement,
  • worriments,
  • dis agreements,
  • point issue.
  •ramification (noun)
  • bifurcations,
  • branching,
  • branchings,
  • forkings,
  • bifurcation.
  •riddle (noun)
  • mind-bogglers,
  • tough nut crack,
  • brain-twisters,
  • tough propositions,
  • brain twister,
  • knotty questions,
  • braintwisters,
  • closed books,
  • mind bogglers,
  • sixtyfour dollar questions,
  • sixty four dollar question,
  • re-buses,
  • mindbogglers,
  • sixty four dollar questions,
  • re buses,
  • sixtyfour dollar question,
  • sixty-four dollar questions,
  • mind boggler,
  • brain twisters.
  •road block (noun)
  • road-block,
  • blank walls.
  •skein (noun)
  • cats cradle,
  • cat cradle.
  •stumbling block (noun)
  • de-lays,
  • stumbling-block,
  • de lay,
  • stone one's path,
  • stone one path,
  • fly the ointment,
  • catch22,
  • catch 22,
  • catch22's,
  • stone in path,
  • stone ones path,
  • de-lay,
  • catch 22's,
  • catch-22's,
  • stone in ones path,
  • fly ointment,
  • fly in ointment,
  • stumbling stones,
  • stone path,
  • stone in one path,
  • de lays.
  •topsy-turviness (noun)
  • dis orderlinesses,
  • dis orderliness,
  • dis orderednesses,
  • topsy turviness,
  • dis-orderedness,
  • dis-orderlinesses,
  • dis-orderliness,
  • dis-orderednesses,
  • dis orderedness.
  •trial (noun)
  • pain neck,
  • pain in neck,
  • cross bear,
  • un-happinesses,
  • severe tests,
  • un-happiness,
  • un happinesses,
  • trying times,
  • calvaries.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • speed bump,
  • riddle,
  • millstone,
  • sclerosis,
  • predisposition,
  • sticking point,
  • stumbling block,
  • red tape,
  • symptomatic,
  • setback,
  • ulceration,
  • inconvenience,
  • embarrassment,
  • intrusion,
  • vertigo.
  •
  • intricacy,
  • etiology,
  • susceptible,
  • roadblock,
  • pathology,
  • snarl up,
  • hallucination,
  • disruption,
  • predisposed,
  • tipping point,
  • swelling,
  • perplexity.
  •
  • retention.
  •
  • mist,
  • hang up,
  • tie up,
  • kink.
  •
  • shake.
  •
  • bar.

Paraphrases for Complication:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    problem, complex, trouble.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    repercussions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    complexity, Complicating, hassle, sophistication, difficulty, fuss.

Antonyms for Complication:

• n.

  • difficult situation
    clarity, ease, simplicity, calm, advantage, peace.
  • Other antonyms:
    simpleness, homogeneity, healthiness, robustness, heartiness, simplification, wholesomeness, wholeness, soundness, shape, uniformity, fitness, fettle, health, wellness.

Complication Sentence Examples:

• We must assume that such elementary facts go along with the action of every organism, however simple; but we must assume also that it is only when the organism has reached a certain complexity of nervous structure that the complex of psychic facts reaches the degree of complication that we call Consciousness.

• But to a mature mind reality is more attractive than fiction, and simplicity more wonderful than complication.

Hyponym for Complication:

• n.

  • act
    Hinderance, interference, hindrance.
  • state
    state of affairs, situation, disease.