Synonyms of the word

complication

• n. The act or process of complicating.
• n. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
• n. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
• n. (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying…
• n. A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.

complexity

• n. (uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
• n. (countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.

complexness

• n. The state or quality of being complex.

complicatedness

• n. The state or quality of being complicated.

development

• n. (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
• n. (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is…
• n. (countable) Something which has developed.
• n. (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real…
• n. (real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.
• n. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
• n. (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
• n. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.

disease

• n. (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct…
• n. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
• n. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
• v. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
• v. To infect with a disease.

hinderance

• n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindrance

• n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• n. The state or act of hindering something.

interference

• n. The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
• n. (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
• n. (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast…
• n. (US, law) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of…
• n. (chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing…

knottiness

• n. The state of being knotty.

ramification

• n. (botany, anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence…
• n. An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a…
• n. (mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

situation

• n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
• n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
• n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
• n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
• n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
• n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

tortuousness

• n. The property of being tortuous.