Synonyms for convoluted
ˈkɒn vəˌlu tɪdcon·vo·lut·ed

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1. convolute, convolutedadjective

   rolled longitudinally upon itself

   "a convolute petal"

   Synonyms:
   involved, knotty, tortuous, convolute, tangled

   Antonyms:
   simple, straight, uncoiled

2. Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuousadjective

   highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

   "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

   Synonyms:
   involved, knotty, problematical, twisty, convolute, twisting, winding, problematic, mired, gnarled, gnarly, tangled, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, snarly, voluminous, tortuous, baffling, snarled

   Antonyms:
   uncoiled, simple, straight

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1. List of paraphrases for "convoluted":

   complicated, intricate, complex, tortuous

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1. Jared Polis:

   I've been very frustrated with the convoluted messaging out of the CDC and the The FDA, everybody should get the booster after six months. The data is incredibly clear that it increases your personal protection level -- that's why my parents got it, I got it, my family members got it.

2. Jeb Bush:

   I don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted, for the people to say the science is decided on this is really arrogant, to be honest with you.

3. Barack Obama:

   Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don’t think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It’s convoluted. And for the people to say the science is decided on, this is just really arrogant, to be honest with you, it's this intellectual arrogance that now you can’t even have a conversation about it. The climate is changing, and we need to adapt to that reality.

4. Kelvin III Throop:

   I have never seen a problem so convoluted and complex, that when looked at in just the right angle, didn’t somehow seem more convoluted and complex.” -Kelvin R. Throop III

5. Ben Embarek:

   The possible path from whatever original animal species all the way through to the Huanan market could have taken a very long and convoluted path involving also movements across borders.