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intricacy
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of INTRICACY
1
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult <just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business>
Related Words aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble
2
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects <the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration>
Synonyms complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication
Related Words diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability
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