complicate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make more complicated
There was a new development that complicated the matter
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- complexify hyponym
- snarl up hyponym
Related & opposite
- simplify antonym
- complication derivation
- ramification derivation
- complication derivation
- complication derivation
Sense 2 verb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
refine a design or pattern
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- involve hyponym
- develop hyponym
- sophisticate hyponym
Related & opposite
- working out derivation
- complication derivation
- complicatedness derivation
- elaborateness derivation
- elaboration derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | simplify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | complication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | complication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | complication |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | complexify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snarl up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | working out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complication |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicatedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaborateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | develop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophisticate |