complication

Meanings

Plural: complications

Noun

• the act or process of complicating
• a situation or condition that is complex or confused
  • "her coming was a serious complication"
• any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
  • "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"
• a development that complicates a situation
• puzzling complexity
• The act or process of complicating.
• The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
• A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
• A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
• A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
• A twisting or intertwining.

Synonyms

complicatedness, complication, entanglement, intricacy, knottiness, ramification, snarl, tortuousness, wheel within a wheel

Related Words

complex, complexity, complicate, thing