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The synonyms of “Intricacies” are: elaborateness, elaboration, involution
Intricacies as a Noun
Definitions of "Intricacies" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “intricacies” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Marked by elaborately complex detail.
Synonyms of "Intricacies" as a noun (3 Words)
| elaborateness | An ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated. |
| elaboration | The result of improving something. The concept needs more elaboration than a short essay allows. |
| involution | Marked by elaborately complex detail. Periods of artistic involution. |
Associations of "Intricacies" (30 Words)
| complex | Make an atom or compound form a complex with another. There s no point having a complex about losing your hair. |
| complexity | A factor involved in a complicated process or situation. He enjoyed the complexity of modern computers. |
| complicated | Consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate. A complicated stereo system. |
| convoluted | Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. Convoluted reasoning. |
| detail | Provide details for. The ambulances were detailed to the fire station. |
| detailed | Having many details or facts; showing attention to detail. More detailed information was needed. |
| elaborate | Make more complex, intricate, or richer. Elaborate wrought iron gates. |
| elaboration | Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail. The speech lacked any elaboration on concrete measures taken. |
| exactitude | Care and attention to detail. He writes with exactitude and precision. |
| exegesis | An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible. The task of biblical exegesis. |
| intricate | Very complicated or detailed. Intricate lacework. |
| involution | Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth. Periods of artistic involution. |
| labyrinth | A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance It consists of bony cavities the bony labyrinth filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes the membranous labyrinth. You lose yourself in a labyrinth of little streets. |
| labyrinthine | (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting. A labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths. |
| lapidary | Relating to the engraving, cutting, or polishing of stones and gems. A lapidary statement. |
| maze | Be dazed and confused. The house has a maze and a walled Italian garden. |
| minute | The distance covered in a minute by someone driving or walking. It s been a minute since the pop singer has released new music. |
| minutia | A small or minor detail. He had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code. |
| navigate | Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means. Whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate. |
| nicety | A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. She prided herself on her nicety of pronunciation. |
| nuance | Give nuances to. The effect of the music is nuanced by the social situation of listeners. |
| painstakingly | With great care and thoroughness. It is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling. |
| pedantic | Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. His analyses are careful and even painstaking but never pedantic. |
| perplexity | A complicated or baffling situation or thing. The dense perplexity of dwarf palm garlanded creepers glossy undergrowth. |
| precise | Marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail. I want as precise a time of death as I can get. |
| puzzle | A jigsaw puzzle. We puzzled over her sudden departure. |
| scriptural | Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible. Scriptural quotations from Genesis. |
| subtlety | The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze. The textural subtlety of Degas. |
| technicality | The state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods. It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility. |
| technically | According to the facts or exact meaning of something; strictly. A technically brilliant boxing contest. |
