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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'knotty' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Synonyms: subtle, gnarled, involved, knotty, problematical, debatable, ruffianly, bad, rugged, toughened, problematic, snarly, baffling, gnarly, hard, tangled, sturdy, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, tortuous, convoluted, snarled
Antonyms: easy, simple, untangled, straight

2. (adj) gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Synonyms: tangled, baffling, problematic, gnarly, convoluted, tortuous, gnarled, tough, snarly, problematical, involved, snarled, knotted, elusive, knotty, knobbed
Antonyms: simple, easy, straight, untangled

3. (adj) Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Synonyms: involved, knotty, problematical, twisty, convolute, twisting, winding, problematic, mired, gnarled, gnarly, tangled, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, snarly, voluminous, tortuous, convoluted, baffling, snarled
Antonyms: easy, straight, untangled, simple

4. (adj) knotty, snarled, snarly
tangled in knots or snarls
Synonyms: tangled, baffling, problematic, convoluted, tortuous, gnarled, knotty, tough, snarly, involved, knobbed, snarled, knotted, elusive, problematical, gnarly
Antonyms: untangled, simple, straight, easy


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