| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maze, complexity |
| Synonyms: | coil, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, mesh, morass, perplexity, problem, puzzle, riddle, skein, snarl, tangle, web |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
| Synonyms: | abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
| Antonyms: | calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wilderness full of plant and animal life |
| Synonyms: | boscage, bush, chaparral, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, primeval forest, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo |
| Main Entry: | mesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting, entanglement |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, morass, net, network, plexus, reticulation, screen, skein, snare, snarl, tangle, toils, tracery, trap, web |
| Main Entry: | morass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog; mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, skein, snarl, swamp, tangle, web |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artery, chain, checkerboard, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross, fabric, fiber, grid, grill, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork, plexus, reticulation, reticule, screening, structure, system, tessellation, tracks, wattle, weave, web, wiring |
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain-teaser |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, brain-twister, charade, closed book, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, knotty question, labyrinth, maze, mind-boggler, mystery, mystification, perplexity, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, question, rebus, sixty-four dollar question, stickler, strait, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition, twister |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, intricateness, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, skein, swarm, tangle, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, order, organization, simplification |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, confusion |
| Synonyms: | coil, complication, entanglement, jam, jungle, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, skein, snag, snarl, twist, web |
| Antonyms: | line, order, peace |