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Synonyms for byzantine
ˈbɪz ənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn, ˈbaɪ zən-, bɪˈzæn tɪnbyzan·tine

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  1. Byzantineadjective

    a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

    Antonyms:
    simple

  2. Byzantineadjective

    of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it

    "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"

    Synonyms:
    involved, knotty, convoluted, tortuous, tangled

    Antonyms:
    simple

  3. Byzantineadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

    Synonyms:
    involved, knotty, convoluted, tortuous, tangled

    Antonyms:
    simple

  4. 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, convoluted, baffling, snarled

    Antonyms:
    simple

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How to use byzantine in a sentence?

  1. Abu Rida:

    Our first thought is that the site is a cathedral or a church from the Byzantine period, during that era, there was a great interest among the Byzantine rulers to build churches in the Gaza Strip.

  2. Mark Meadows:

    But I don’t know that I can read 2,000 pages that’s rather Byzantine.

  3. Yana Tchekhanovetz:

    Christian pilgrims to the Land of Israel from all over the Byzantine Empire (Turkey, the Balkans, Greece and present-day Russia) would carry his icon to protect them from harm, it is probable that the ring belonged to a pilgrim who sought the protection of St. Nicholas on his travels.

  4. Jeffery Isaacs:

    Bank of America's structure is so convoluted and Byzantine that looking from the outside it is very hard to identify the correct corporate parties.

  5. Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Ninth, Chapter 2:

    She had fortunately always her appetite for news. The pure flame of the disinterested burned in her cave of treasures as a lamp in a Byzantine vault.


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