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The synonyms of “Labyrinthine” are: labyrinthian, mazy, winding, twisting, serpentine, meandering, wandering, rambling, sinuous, zigzag, complicated, intricate, complex, involved, tortuous, convoluted, tangled, elaborate, knotty
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “labyrinthine” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| complex | Not easy to analyse or understand; complicated or intricate. A complex mass of diverse laws and customs. |
| complicated | Involving many different and confusing aspects. Complicated appendicitis. |
| convoluted | Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. Convoluted reasoning. |
| elaborate | Developed or executed with care and in minute detail. Elaborate security precautions. |
| intricate | Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate. Intricate lacework. |
| involved | Emotionally involved. I don t want to get involved. |
| knotty | Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots. A knotty problem. |
| labyrinthian | Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity. |
| mazy | Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity. The mazy old fishing quarter. |
| meandering | Of a path e.g. A florid and rather meandering melody. |
| rambling | (of a person) travelling from place to place; wandering. Scott s letter was long and rambling. |
| serpentine | Resembling a serpent in form. Serpentine country lanes. |
| sinuous | Curved or curving in and out. The sinuous grace of a cat. |
| tangled | In a confused mass. Oh what a tangled web we weave. |
| tortuous | Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. The route is remote and tortuous. |
| twisting | Marked by repeated turns and bends. |
| wandering | Travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant. His life followed a wandering course. |
| winding | Following a twisting or spiral course. A winding country road. |
| zigzag | Having the form of a zigzag veering alternately to right and left. When chased by a predator some animals take a zigzag course. |
| abstruse | Difficult to understand; obscure. The professor s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them. |
| baffle | Restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc. To baffle the noise further I pad the gunwales. |
| complex | Make an atom or compound form a complex with another. The DNA was complexed with the nuclear extract. |
| complicated | Difficult to analyze or understand. Complicated Middle East politics. |
| confound | Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations. The inflation figure confounded economic analysts. |
| conundrum | A confusing and difficult problem or question. One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts. |
| convoluted | (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. Convoluted reasoning. |
| corridor | An enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it. His room lay at the very end of the corridor. |
| crossword | A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle. She settled down to do the crossword. |
| cryptic | (of coloration or markings) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment. Cryptic writings. |
| cryptogram | A text written in code. |
| enigma | A person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand. Madeleine was still an enigma to him. |
| esoterica | Secrets known only to an initiated minority. A professor of such esoterica as angelology and comparative shamanism. |
| intricacy | Details, especially of an involved or perplexing subject. The intricacy of the procedure. |
| intricate | Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate. An intricate network of canals. |
| involution | Marked by elaborately complex detail. Periods of artistic involution. |
| jigsaw | Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines. Help the police put all the pieces of the jigsaw together. |
| 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. A labyrinth of conflicting laws and regulations. |
| maze | Something jumbled or confused. They were trapped in a menacing maze of corridors. |
| memento | An object kept as a reminder of a person or event. You can purchase a memento of your visit. |
| mystery | Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. The mystery of Christ. |
| navigate | Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means. The drivers skilfully navigated a muddy course. |
| perplexity | An entangled state. She paused in perplexity. |
| puzzle | A jigsaw puzzle. Those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards. |
| rebus | A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words. |
| recondite | Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. The book is full of recondite information. |
| riddle | Speak in riddles. His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks. |
| tangle | Tangle or complicate. The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt. |
| trivia | Details, considerations, or pieces of information of little importance or value. We fill our days with meaningless trivia. |
| unsolved | Not solved. An unsolved mystery. |
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