SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
convolute
verb
To twist or coil together; figuratively, to make tangled or complicated.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Twist or coil together
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Return to topThese alternatives describe the physical sense; convolve can also have a specialized mathematical meaning.
Make complicated
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Return to topThis figurative group concerns increasing complexity; it does not necessarily imply deliberate deception.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See convolute in use
Extra exceptions can convolute a rule that was originally easy to explain.
Repeated arrows threatened to convolute the otherwise useful sequence by sending readers back to stages they had already completed.
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The groups distinguish the senses selected for this study entry. Closest synonyms and broader related expressions have separate labels. The listed sources support lexical selection; not every phrase is a direct quotation from a source.
- WordNet 3.0: selected lexical senses
- CONVOLUTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
- CONVOLUTE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
- CONVOLUTE Synonyms & Antonyms | Thesaurus.com
How the synonym reference was prepared / WordNet 3.0 license