INVOLVED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INVOLVED?

Need another word that means the same as “involved”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “involved” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Involved” are: byzantine, convoluted, knotty, tangled, tortuous, mired, complicated, intricate, complex, elaborate

Involved as an Adjective

Definitions of "Involved" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “involved” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Enveloped.
• Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire.
• Emotionally involved.
• Connected by participation or association or use.
• Difficult to understand; complicated.
• Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.

Synonyms of "Involved" as an adjective (10 Words)

byzantine	Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.
complex	Consisting of many different and connected parts. A complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody.
complicated	Involving many different and confusing aspects. A complicated stereo system.
convoluted	Intricately folded, twisted, or coiled. The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens.
elaborate	(of an action) lengthy and exaggerated. The carefully elaborated theme.
intricate	Very complicated or detailed. Intricate lacework.
knotty	Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. A knotty legal problem.
mired	Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire. Brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion.
tangled	Twisted together untidily; matted. The tangled ropes.
tortuous	Marked by repeated turns and bends. A tortuous argument.

Usage Examples of "Involved" as an adjective

• Everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified.
• The problems involved.
• I don't want to get involved.
• A long, involved conversation.
• A castle involved in mist.
• The plot was too involved.
• The difficulties in which the question is involved.
• The involved muscles.
• We accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved.

Associations of "Involved" (30 Words)

affect	Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. Will the new rules affect me.
allegedly	Used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof. Allegedly obscene material.
attached	Married or having an established romantic or sexual partner; not single. A ground floor bedroom with a toilet attached.
bribe	A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone. They had bribed an official to sell them a certificate.
committed	Pledged or bound to a certain course or policy; dedicated. Committed church members.
connection	A link between two phones. We had to wait for our connection to Frankfurt.
conspire	Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act. They conspired to overthrow the government.
contain	Be capable of holding or containing. Since F contains the factor Q it disappears from both sides of the equation.
correlate	To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation. The study found that success in the educational system correlates highly with class.
correlated	Mutually related.
embedded	Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass. Confused by the embedded Latin quotations.
enclosed	(of a religious order or other community) secluded from the outside world. A Mother Superior in an enclosed order.
encompass	Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere or territory. This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds.
entail	The act of entailing property the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple. I cannot get rid of the disgrace which you have entailed upon us.
entangle	Involve (someone) in difficulties or complicated circumstances from which it is difficult to escape. The child entangled the cord.
guesswork	An estimate based on little or no information. Answering this question will involve you in a certain amount of guesswork.
implicate	Bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one. Viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers.
implicated	Culpably involved. An innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime.
include	Have as a part, be made up out of. Other changes included the abolition of the death penalty.
included	Enclosed in the same envelope or package. Service tax included.
incorporate	Take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include. He has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures.
indirectly	Without having had direct experience; at second hand. Both writers refer if only indirectly to a wealth of other art.
involve	Contain as a part. Her husband had been very involved in his work.
linked	Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
pertain	Be a part or attribute of. My remark pertained to your earlier comments.
positively	So as to be positive; in a positive manner. This is positively the last word on the matter.
referent	Something referred to; the object of a reference. Judgments referent to the indictment.
relate	Be causally connected. High unemployment is related to high crime rates.
related	Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage. School related activities.
subjectivity	The quality of existing in someone’s mind rather than the external world. In the writing of history there is a degree of subjectivity.