tangled

The word “tangled” has 2 syllables: tan-gled

It's pronounced as /ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/


What is synonym and antonym for tangled?

In the thesaurus, “tangled” has 85 synonyms and 34 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for tangled

  • bagged
  • baroque
  • birdlimed
  • braided
  • byzantine
  • captured
  • caught up
  • challenging
  • chaotic
  • collared
  • complex
  • complicate
  • complicated
  • composite
  • compound
  • confused
  • convoluted
  • daedal
  • difficult
  • disordered
  • elaborate
  • embroiled
  • enlaced
  • enmeshed
  • ensnared
  • ensnarled
  • entangled
  • entoiled
  • entrapped
  • entwined
  • entwisted
  • heterogeneous
  • immeshed
  • impenetrable
  • implicated
  • incomprehensible
  • inexplicable
  • interlaced
  • intertwined
  • intertwisted
  • interweaved
  • interwove
  • intricate
  • involute
  • involved
  • inweaved
  • inwove
  • jumbled
  • kafkaesque
  • knotted
  • knotty
  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • meshed
  • mired
  • mixed
  • mixed up
  • muddled
  • multibranched
  • multifaceted
  • multifarious
  • multipart
  • netted
  • overcomplex
  • overcomplicated
  • plaited
  • raveled
  • scrabbled
  • scrambled
  • snared
  • snarled
  • sophisticated
  • tough
  • trapped
  • twined
  • twisted
  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • varied
  • weaved
  • winded
  • wound
  • wove
  • wreathed
  • writhed

Antonyms for tangled

  • apparent
  • clear
  • cleared
  • detached
  • disengaged
  • disentangled
  • easy
  • extricated
  • freed
  • homogeneous
  • liberated
  • methodical
  • noncomplex
  • noncomplicated
  • obvious
  • ordered
  • organized
  • oversimplified
  • plain
  • simple
  • simplified
  • simplistic
  • systematic
  • uncomplicated
  • uniform
  • unknotted
  • unraveled
  • unscrambled
  • unsnarled
  • untangled
  • untwined
  • untwisted
  • unvaried
  • unwove

Meanings of tangled

  • verb
    1. To become mixed together or intertwined.
    2. To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
    3. To mix together or intertwine.
    4. To catch and hold; to ensnare.

Example Sentences

  • Her hair was tangled after a long day at the beach.
  • The fisherman struggled with the tangled net.
  • He got tangled in the ropes while climbing.
  • The mystery became more tangled as new clues emerged.
  • She carefully removed the tangled necklace from the drawer.

On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tangled, such as: apparent, bagged, baroque, birdlimed, braided, byzantine, captured.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

daedal

  • Daedalian
  • Kafkaesque
  • abstruse
  • baroque
  • byzantine
  • can of worms
  • challenging
  • circuitous
  • complex
  • complicate
  • complicated
  • composite
  • compound
  • compounded
  • confused
  • conglomerate
  • convoluted
  • detailed
  • devious
  • difficult
  • elaborate
  • entangled
  • fancy
  • hard
  • heterogeneous
  • high-tech
  • impenetrable
  • incomprehensible
  • inexplicable
  • intricate
  • involute
  • involved
  • knotty
  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • manifold
  • mingled
  • miscellaneous
  • mixed
  • mixed-up
  • mosaic
  • motley
  • multibranched
  • multifaceted
  • multifarious
  • multiform
  • multipart
  • multiple
  • multiplex
  • obscure
  • overcomplex
  • overcomplicated
  • perplexing
  • rococo
  • sophisticated
  • tangled
  • tortuous
  • tough
  • tricky
  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • varied
  • variegated

Kafkaesque

labyrinthian

labyrinthine

obfuscated

  • ambiguous
  • beclouded
  • befogged
  • bleared
  • bleary
  • blurred
  • blurry
  • caliginous
  • clouded
  • cloudy
  • complicated
  • confused
  • crepuscular
  • cryptic
  • dark
  • darkened
  • dense
  • dim
  • dirty
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • discomposed
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • disordered
  • disrupted
  • disturbed
  • dull
  • dusk
  • dusky
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • entangled
  • equivocal
  • faint
  • filmy
  • fogged
  • foggy
  • frosty
  • fuliginous
  • fumy
  • fuzzy
  • gauzy
  • gloomy
  • gray
  • grey
  • hazy
  • illegible
  • impalpable
  • impenetrable
  • imperceptible
  • imprecise
  • inappreciable
  • incomprehensible
  • indecipherable
  • indefinite
  • indeterminate
  • indiscernible
  • indistinct
  • insensible
  • jumbled
  • lightless
  • lusterless
  • misty
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • murky
  • mushy
  • mysterious
  • nebulous
  • noncommittal
  • nonobvious
  • nontranslucent
  • nontransparent
  • nubilous
  • obfuscous
  • obscure
  • opaque
  • overcast
  • perplexed
  • rimy
  • scrambled
  • screened
  • shadowy
  • shady
  • shuffled
  • sketchy
  • slippery
  • smoggy
  • smoky
  • snarled
  • somber
  • sooty
  • sophisticated
  • soupy
  • steaming
  • subtle
  • tangled
  • tenebrous
  • thick
  • tousled
  • turbid
  • umbrageous
  • unapparent
  • unclarified
  • unclear
  • undecipherable
  • unfathomable
  • unilluminated
  • unintelligible
  • unknowable
  • unlit
  • unreadable
  • upset
  • vague
  • vaporous
  • veiled

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