labyrinth

The word “labyrinth” has 3 syllables: lab-​y-​rinth

It's pronounced as /ˈlæbərɪnθ/


What is synonym and antonym for labyrinth?

In the thesaurus, “labyrinth” has 26 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for labyrinth along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for labyrinth

  • catacomb
  • coil
  • complication
  • convolution
  • entanglement
  • entrapment
  • intricacy
  • jungle
  • knot
  • maze
  • meander
  • mesh
  • morass
  • perplexity
  • problem
  • puzzle
  • quagmire
  • rabbit warren
  • riddle
  • skein
  • snare
  • snarl
  • tangle
  • trap
  • warren
  • web

Antonyms for labyrinth

  • ease
  • line
  • order
  • organization
  • simplicity

Meanings of labyrinth

  • noun
    1. A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur.
    2. Part of the inner ear.
    3. Anything complicated and confusing, like a maze.
    4. Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
  • verb
    1. To enclose in a labyrinth, or as though in a labyrinth.
    2. To arrange in the form of a labyrinth.
    3. To twist and wind, following a labyrinthine path.
    4. To render lost and confused, as if in a labyrinth.

Example Sentences

  • I navigated the intricate labyrinth of hallways to find the hidden chamber.
  • The ancient ruins concealed a mysterious labyrinth beneath the surface.
  • The forest was like a natural labyrinth, with twisting paths and hidden clearings.
  • The puzzle challenged my ability to escape the virtual labyrinth in the game.
  • The hedge maze resembled a classic garden labyrinth with its winding passages.

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to labyrinth, such as: catacomb, coil, complication, convolution, ease, entanglement, entrapment.

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complex

  • a thing about something
  • abstruse
  • aggregate
  • anxiety
  • association
  • baroque
  • bewildering
  • building
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  • hang-up
  • heterogeneous
  • hidden
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  • insanity
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  • installation
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  • interlacement
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  • magnificent
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  • mania
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  • mingled
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daedal

  • Daedalian
  • Kafkaesque
  • abstruse
  • baroque
  • byzantine
  • can of worms
  • challenging
  • circuitous
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  • involved
  • knotty
  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • manifold
  • mingled
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  • mosaic
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  • multifaceted
  • multifarious
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  • perplexing
  • rococo
  • sophisticated
  • tangled
  • tortuous
  • tough
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  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • varied
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elaborate

  • Byzantine
  • Kafkaesque
  • abundant
  • accurate
  • advance
  • amplify
  • baroque
  • bedeck
  • blossom
  • blow-by-blow
  • busy
  • byzantine
  • careful
  • challenging
  • chichi
  • circumstantial
  • clarify
  • comment
  • complete
  • complex
  • complicate
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  • convoluted
  • copious
  • correct
  • daedal
  • deck
  • decorate
  • decorated
  • delineated
  • descriptive
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  • develop
  • devise
  • difficult
  • discuss
  • distinct
  • elegant
  • embellish
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  • fancified
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  • get along
  • get on
  • grand
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  • graphic
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  • heterogeneous
  • high-tech
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  • impenetrable
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  • incomprehensible
  • inexplicable
  • interpret
  • intricate
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  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • listed
  • luxurious
  • magnificent
  • many-faceted
  • march
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  • mature
  • minute
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  • multifaceted
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  • numerated
  • omnibus
  • ornament
  • ornamented
  • ornate
  • ostentatious
  • overcomplex
  • overcomplicated
  • overdone
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  • particular
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  • sophisticated
  • souped-up
  • specific
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  • tangled
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  • tough
  • unfathomable
  • unfold
  • unintelligible
  • varied
  • vivid
  • with all the extras
  • with all the options
  • with bells and whistles
  • work out

fancified

fancy

  • Byzantine
  • Shangri-la
  • a bit much
  • admire
  • adore
  • adorned
  • appetite
  • appreciate
  • approve
  • baroque
  • be attracted to
  • be captivated by
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  • be in love with
  • be inclined to think
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  • beautifying
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  • bent
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  • brainchild
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  • care for
  • castle in Spain
  • castle in the air
  • cherish
  • chichi
  • chimera
  • cloud-cuckoo-land
  • cloudland
  • complex
  • complicated
  • conceit
  • conceive
  • concept
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  • concoct
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  • conjecture
  • contemplate
  • contrariness
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  • convoluted
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  • crave
  • craving
  • crazy about
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  • cup of tea
  • cushy
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  • decorated
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  • delusion
  • deluxe
  • desire
  • detailed
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  • druthers
  • elaborate
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  • endless
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  • flamboyant
  • flash
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  • frilly
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  • garnished
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  • get a charge out of
  • get a kick out of
  • gingerbread
  • go for
  • grand
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  • groove
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  • gusto
  • hallucinate
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  • hankering
  • have a soft spot for
  • head trip
  • humor
  • idea
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  • idolize
  • ignis fatuus
  • illusion
  • image
  • imagination
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  • imagine
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  • immeasurable
  • immoderate
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  • improper
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  • infinite
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  • intricate
  • invent
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  • involute
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  • involved
  • irrationality
  • itch
  • kink
  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • lavish
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  • maggot
  • magnificent
  • make up
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  • meditate
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  • nightmare
  • nonentity
  • notion
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  • ornate
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  • overextravagant
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  • palate
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  • passion
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  • perverseness
  • phantasm
  • phantasy
  • phantom
  • picture
  • pie in the sky
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  • plethoric
  • ponder
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  • prejudice
  • prize
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  • re-create
  • realize
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  • relish
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  • resourcefulness
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  • rich
  • rococo
  • romancing
  • ruminate
  • sanction
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  • see
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  • souped-up
  • spark
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  • spitball
  • splendid
  • stargaze
  • steep
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  • suppose
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  • sweet tooth
  • take a liking to
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  • tendency
  • thick
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  • unbearable
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  • use
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  • wild for
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  • yearning
  • yen

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