English

Detailed Synonyms for complicate in English

complicate:

to complicate verb (complicates, complicated, complicating)

  1. to complicate
    to entangle; to complicate; to make difficult; to make hard
    • entangle verb (entangles, entangled, entangling)
    • complicate verb (complicates, complicated, complicating)
    • make difficult verb (makes difficult, made difficult, making difficult)
    • make hard verb (makes hard, made hard, making hard)
  2. to complicate
    to entangle; intricate; to complicate
  3. to complicate
    – make more complex, intricate, or richer 1
    to elaborate; to refine; to complicate; rarify
    – make more complex, intricate, or richer 1
    • elaborate verb (elaborates, elaborated, elaborating)
    • refine verb (refines, refined, refining)
      • refine a design or pattern1
    • complicate verb (complicates, complicated, complicating)
    • rarify verb
  4. to complicate
    – make more complicated 1
    to complicate; to perplex
    – make more complicated 1
    • complicate verb (complicates, complicated, complicating)
      • There was a new development that complicated the matter1
    • perplex verb (perplexes, perplexed, perplexing)

Conjugations for complicate:

present
  1. complicate
  2. complicate
  3. complicates
  4. complicate
  5. complicate
  6. complicate
simple past
  1. complicated
  2. complicated
  3. complicated
  4. complicated
  5. complicated
  6. complicated
present perfect
  1. have complicated
  2. have complicated
  3. has complicated
  4. have complicated
  5. have complicated
  6. have complicated
past continuous
  1. was complicating
  2. were complicating
  3. was complicating
  4. were complicating
  5. were complicating
  6. were complicating
future
  1. shall complicate
  2. will complicate
  3. will complicate
  4. shall complicate
  5. will complicate
  6. will complicate
continuous present
  1. am complicating
  2. are complicating
  3. is complicating
  4. are complicating
  5. are complicating
  6. are complicating
subjunctive
  1. be complicated
  2. be complicated
  3. be complicated
  4. be complicated
  5. be complicated
  6. be complicated
diverse
  1. complicate!
  2. let's complicate!
  3. complicated
  4. complicating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "complicate":

  1. make more complex, intricate, or richer1
  2. make more complicated1
    • There was a new development that complicated the matter1