Synonyms for complication
ˌkɒm plɪˈkeɪ ʃəncom·pli·ca·tion

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1. complicationnoun

   the act or process of complicating

   Synonyms:
   complicatedness, tortuousness, ramification, knottiness

2. complicationnoun

   a situation or condition that is complex or confused

   "her coming was a serious complication"

   Synonyms:
   complicatedness, tortuousness, ramification, knottiness

3. complicationnoun

   any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease

   "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"

   Synonyms:
   complicatedness, tortuousness, ramification, knottiness

4. complication, ramificationnoun

   a development that complicates a situation

   "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"

   Synonyms:
   branch, forking, fork, leg, complicatedness, ramification, tortuousness, branching, knottiness

5. complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousnessnoun

   puzzling complexity

   Synonyms:
   tortuosity, torsion, complicatedness, ramification, tortuousness, crookedness, knottiness, contortion

Matched Categories

1. • Complexity
   • Development
   • Disease
   • Hindrance
   • Situation

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1. complicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   complexity, intricacy, entanglement

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1. complicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   intricacy, entanglement, involution, complexity, snarl, confusion, imbroglio

   Antonyms:
   disentanglement, simplicity

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1. List of paraphrases for "complication":

   complications, complicating, complexity

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1. Alex Spyropoulos:

   The benefits of any vaccine far outweigh the risks -- period, this complication from the vaccine is excruciatingly rare. Certainly more people are going to be killed by handgun in the United States than by these complications.

2. Trevor Hollingsbee:

   It introduces a potential vulnerability where they was none before - it is a sudden new complication in an arena that China was dominating.

3. Erica Spatz:

   The more severe the covid infection and the older you are, the more likely it is you'll have a cardiovascular complication after.

4. Ryan Zeigler:

   This will be the permanent record of what the material inside the core looks like before it got pushed out and divided into half-centimeter increments, the drive tube was very full, which is one of the things we learned with the CT scans, and it caused a slight complication in how we were initially planning to extrude it, but we have been able to adapt using these scans.

5. The Cleveland Clinic:

   We are saddened to share that our patient, Lindsey, recently experienced a sudden complication that led to the removal of her transplanted uterus.