Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Complicated |
ComplicatedAdjective1. Difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "complicated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Complexity | Adjective: gnarled, knarled. complex, complexed; intricate, complicated, perplexed, involved, raveled, entangled, knotted, tangled, inextricable; irreducible. |
Convolution | Involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed; labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine; peristaltic; daedalian; kinky, knotted. |
Difficulty | Awkward, unwieldy, unmanageable; intractable, stubborn; (obstinate); perverse, refractory, plaguy, trying, thorny, rugged; knotted, knotty; invious; pathless, trackless; labyrinthine; (convoluted); intricate, complicated; (tangled); impracticable; (impossible); not feasible; desperate; (hopeless). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | People think that all cameramen do is point the camera at things, but it's a heck of a lot more complicated than that! (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis.) It's not complicated. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Oh, that sounds too complicated. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Gel is essential when things get complicated. (The Good Thief; writing credit: Auguste Le Breton; Jean-Pierre Melville) Now, this honeymoon is complicated enough without your dragging medical ethics into it. (Spellbound; writing credit: Ben Hecht) | |
Lyrics | This is complicated (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) He's a complicated man ("Theme From Shaft"; performing artist: Isaac Hayes) Complicated for my life, (Simple Kind of Life; performing artist: No Doubt) Dr. Abesacraben felt that it would be far less complicated legally if the (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus) | |
Clever | The trouble with man is two-fold: he cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Complicated Campaign (1912) Complicated Women (2003) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
Books |
| ||
Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The metastatic colony is the end result of a complicated multistep process. The tumor cells from a primary tumor invade local tissue and gain access to the venous circulation (intravasation). Circulating tumor cells, singly or in clumps, are transported to target organs where they lodge in the capillary bed. Thus arrested, these tumor cells penetrate the endothelial cell lining and the underlining basement membrane to exit the circulation (extravasation). They then grow as a metastatic colony, a development that requires new blood vessels (neovascularization). To complete this multistep process, the tumor cells must overcome the host's defenses. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Why this is being done is too complicated to explain. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Figure 12. Borgert net devised by Dr. Adolph Borgert of Hamburg in 1893. Having found the Hensen and Buchet nets too heavy, too complicated, and difficult to manage, and too expensive, Dr. Borgert designed this net for collecting plankton at the surface at high speed. This net was first tested from the steamer BARCELONA between Hamburg and the western Mediterranean. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Interior, looking north. Photograph by Jet Lowe, May 1985. (Reproduction Number: HAER OHIO,77-AKRO,6-18) Built by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1929, this cavernous structure was used for the construction and repair of zeppelins. Eleven steel parabolic arches, 221 feet high, support the airdock without additional interior columns, creating one of the largest open interior spaces in the world. This view shows the complicated system of overhead cranes and catwalks used to construct zeppelins, along with the huge curved door for moving zeppelins in and out of the airdock. The Goodyear Airdock calls to mind the great age of lighter-than-air aviation in the 1920s. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Will F. Phillips' complicated farcical extravaganza, A bell boy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Earl & Jensch's humorous banterers handing the public, Will F. Phillips' complicated comedy, A bell boy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated. |
Gillian Anderson | Fame is complicated and definitely overrated. There are perks to it that are unfathomable. But the other aspect is there's little to no privacy at allbeing anywhere at any time and knowing that somebody you cannot see is probably taking a picture of you, which has happened hundred of times. I look around and cannot see anyone and a couple of weeks later I see a photo of me looking around. |
Jack Paar | I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split; it's shredded. |
Marquis De Custine | The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In the earlier epochs of history, we find almost everywhere a complicated arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold gradation of social rank. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Suddenly they heard a complicated ringing upon another bell. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The farmer is endeavoring to solve the problem of a livelihood by a formula more complicated than the problem itself. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Others are more complicated. (references) | |
The gluten-free diet is complicated. (references) | ||
Those with agoraphobia tend to have a more severe and complicated course. (references) | ||
Business | Some foreign suppliers may think airway bills are complicated. (references) | |
It says that Japanese distribution channels are very complicated. (references) | ||
Obviously, the financial sector end-user segmentation is complicated and fragmented. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Poland | The existence of the school complicated the issue of returning the cemetery to the Jewish community. (references) |
Latvia | The status of the remaining properties is unclear and is the subject of complicated legal and internal bureaucratic strife. (references) | |
Macedonia | Often the claims are complicated by the fact that the seized properties have changed hands many times or have been developed. (references) | |
Discrimination | Panama | Cases of discrimination are difficult to prove, and legal remedies for victims are complicated, time-consuming, and costly. (references) |
Economic History | Venezuela | The bureaucracy and paperwork are often complicated. (references) |
Bulgaria | Restitution of land to private owners has been complicated. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ukraine | Complicated cases may take years to go to trial. (references) |
Somalia | Sporadic security problems complicated the work of some local and international organizations, especially in the south. (references) | |
Japan | In 2000 the Supreme Court introduced a training system to help court interpreters understand complicated trial procedures. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Nicaragua | Critics of government policy cited extremely high unemployment rates, but calculation of reliable employment statistics was complicated because most of the working indigenous population on the Atlantic coast is engaged in subsistence fishing, farming, and mining. (references) |
Minorities | Slovenia | Roma reported discrimination in employment, which in turn complicated their housing situation. (references) |
Political Economy | OMAN | Oman's economy is too small to require a complicated monetary policy. (references) |
Political Rights | East Timor | In the latter part of 2000, disagreement within the CNRT complicated the political situation. (references) |
Trade | Egypt | Egyptian customs procedures are complicated and rigid in areas such as duty rates. (references) |
Moldova | In the case of complicated laboratory examinations, issuance should occur after no more than a month. (references) | |
Travel | Russia | Russian customs laws and regulations are rather complicated and administered at the discretion local officers. (references) |
Czech Rep | For major operations and complicated illnesses, most Westerners return to the USA or go to nearby Germany or the U.K.. We recommend travel insurance sufficient to cover costs of medical evacuation out of country. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | However, divorce procedures in these cases are lengthy and complicated. (references) |
Worker Rights | Uganda | This directive presents unions with a complicated set of restrictions. (references) |
Poland | This weakness complicated and politicized the Government's labor relations system. (references) | |
Seychelles | The complicated minimum wage scale is regulated administratively by the Government; it covers the public and state-owned sectors and differentiates among various job classifications. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Schieffer | Church theology is the church's business and can be as nuanced as church members care to make. But protecting children from sexual predators is everyone's business, and it's not at all complicated. |
Martha Stewart | You have to grow the rice. You have to make the rice wine vinegar to put in the rice. You have to catch the fish. You have to learn how to cut it up. It's a lot more complicated than it looks. |
Paul Burrell | It's unusual place. It's a world by itself. It has its own rules and regulations and upstairs-downstairs relations. Life below stairs is just as complicated as life above. |
Rush Limbaugh | But the new campaign finance reform law has made grassroots outreach more complicated and has some Left-leaning groups scrambling as never before. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Our system of public accounts is extremely complicated, and it is believed may be much improved. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Of the complicated European systems of national polity we have heretofore been independent. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Many influences had increasingly complicated and weakened our law enforcement organization long before the adoption of the eighteenth amendment. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The process of readjustment has been complicated and costs have been increased by a heavy turn-over in the remaining personnel--particularly by the loss of some of our best administrators. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But our national security in this complicated age requires more than just military might. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Complicated" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 68.61% of the time. "Complicated" is used about 1,935 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 68.61% | 1,328 | 5,980 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 28.7% | 555 | 11,253 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 2.68% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,935 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "complicated": become complicated ♦ Complicated fracture ♦ complicated matter ♦ complicated pneumoconiosis ♦ get complicated. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "complicated": complicated-looking, complicated-sounding. | |
Ending with "complicated": over-complicated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "complicated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i përbërë (composite, compound, made, new-made), i ndërlikuar (chequered, convoluted, daedal, daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tricky, vexing), i koklavitur (inextricable, involute, mazy, tangly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معقد (busy, complicate, convoluted, deep, difficult, doctrinarian, entangled, inextricable, intricacy, intricate, invalid, involute, knotted, knotty, nasty, perplexing, snarled, sophisticated, tangled, tangly, tricky), عسير (difficult, hard, intractable, knotty, malaise, precipitous, severe, strait, strenuous, stubborn, terrible, troublesome, uphill), صعب (arduous, complicate, difficult, formidable, frustrating, hard and fast, harsh, hot stuff, knotty, lean, malaise, mure, nice, outrageous, risque, rough, rum, severe, sticky, stony, tartar, tricky, uneasy), المعقد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сложен (aggregate, complex, compound, convoluted, daedalian, elaborate, integrate, intricate, knotty, multiplex, perplexed, perplexing, sinuous, subtle, tangly, tricky), забъркан (complex, embroiled, inextricable, intricate, involved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 複雜 (complex), 繁複 , 繁 (in great numbers, many), 曲折 (winding), 复杂 (Complex, Complexities, Complexity, Intricacies, intricacy, intricate, sophisticate, Sophisticating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spletitý (byzantine, elaborate, intricate), složitý (complex, intricate, involved), komplikovaný (complex, convoluted, elaborate, intricate, involved, many-sided, sophisticated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kompliceret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gecompliceerd (complex), ingewikkeld (complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malsimpla (complex), komplika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | torførur (difficult, hard, inconvenient), fløktur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sotkuinen (intrivate, involved, tangled muddled), pulmallinen (difficult, hard, puzzling), mutkallinen (intricate, involved), monimutkainen (complex), monimuotoinen (complex), konstikas (intricate, tricky), kiperä (knotty, sticky, tricky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | compliqué (complicate, convoluted), complexe (college, complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kompliziert (complex, complicates, compound, difficult, elaborate, intricate, involved, sophisticated, tricky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μπερδεμένοσ (confused, knotty), περίπλοκοσ (elaborate, involved, snarly, tangly), πολύπλοκοσ (complex, intricate, mazy), επιπλεγμένος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מורכב (combined, complex, composed, composite, compound, intricate), מסובך (complex, intricate, involved, knotty, sophisticated, tangled, twisted), מסורבל (awkward, clumsy, hulking, maladroit, ungainly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | komplikált (complex, elaborate, intricate), bonyolult (complex, difficult, elaborate, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, mazy, problematic, thorny, tricky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | silang selimpat (crumpled, rumpled), rumit (elaborate, intricate, knotty), pelik (mysterious, tough), berbelit-belit (convolute, twisty, wind, wriggle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | complicato (complex, elaborate, intricate, involved, perplexed, sophisticated, tricky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 煩雑 (complex, confused, intricate, troublesome, vexatious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さくそうした (intricate), "うさくした (entangled, intricate, mingled), "みいった (intricate), わずらわしい (annoying, troublesome), やや"しい (complex, puzzling, tangled), は"ざつ (complex, confused, intricate, troublesome, vexatious), は"さ (troublesome, vexatious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 복잡한 (Complex, intricate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-chast. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omplicatedcay complicado (abstract, complex, crab, crabbed, elaborate, intricate, knotted, knotty, many-sided, puzzling, tricky). (various references) complicado. (various references) complicat (daedal, deep, difficult, elaborate, intricate, intricately, obscure, perplex, perplexed, tangled, tricky, turbid), complex (complex, decomplex, intricate). (various references) сложный (built-up, complex, compound, daedal, daedalian, elaborate, implex, intricate, involute, multiple, multiplex), запутанный (anfractuous, complected, crinkum-crankum, Daedalian, embroiled, entangled, implex, inextricable, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mazy, perplexed, tangly). (various references) zamršen (knotted, knotty, perplexed, tangly), složen (complex, composite, compositive, compound, elaborate, multiplex), komplikovan (involute, perplexed). (various references) complicado (anfractuous, complex, compound, convolute, elaborate, involved, knotted, knotty, many-sided, perplexing, queasy, tangled). (various references) sammansatt (complex, composite, compositive, compound, made), invecklad (convoluted, fancy, implex, intricate, involute, involuted, tortuous). (various references) komplike (confusing, sophisticated), karmaşık (crazy), karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inexplicit, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly), dallı budaklı (intricate), arapsaçi (complex), anlaşılmaz (bottomless, clear as mud, deep, delphic, elusive, elusory, fathomless, impenetrable, inapprehensible, inarticulate, incomprehensible, inconceivable, inexplicable, inscrutable, intangible, obscure, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexed, puzzling, recondite, sphinxlike, unaccountable, uncanny, unintelligible, vague, weird), anlaşılması zor (abstruse, hermetic, muddy, recondite), çetrefilli (crucial, knotted, knotty, thorny), çapraşık (entangled, inexplicit, perplexed, recondite). (various references) зylюyrymly (complex). (various references) ускладнений, складний (complex, composite, compound, decomposite, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, jointed, mazy, multiplex, operose, profound, tangled, tickle, tricky), заплутаний (complex, entangled, implicate, inextricable, intricate, involved, knotted, knotty, mazy, muzzy, perplexed, tangled, wandered). (various references) rắc rối (complex, involute, involved, perplexed, perplexity, tangly), phức tạp (anfractuosity, anfractuous, complex, daedalian, intricate, multiple, sophisticated). (various references) cymhleth (complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | curiosa, curiosae, curiose, curiosius, curiosus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "complicated": complicatedly, complicatedness, complicatednesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "complicated": noncomplicated, overcomplicated, uncomplicated. (additional references) | |
| |
"Complicated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compleated, complecate, compliated, complica, complicite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "complicated" (pronounced kÄ"mplukā'tud) |
| 11 | k Ä" m p l u k ā' t u d | uncomplicated. |
| 7 | -l u k ā' t u d | allocated, misallocated, reallocated, unallocated. |
| 6 | -u k ā' t u d | abdicated, adjudicated, advocated, authenticated, communicated, domesticated, educated, eradicated, excommunicated, indicated, intoxicated, lubricated, pontificated, predicated, prognosticated, reciprocated, suffocated. |
| 5 | -k ā' t u d | bifurcated, confiscated, duplicated, extricated, fabricated, implicated, inculcated, located, medicated, prefabricated, replicated, sophisticated, syndicated, truncated, uneducated, unsophisticated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adulterated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, automated, backdated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, compensated, concentrated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, dominated, donated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, migrated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, populated, precipitated, predominated, premeditated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, rebated, recalculated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, syncopated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-l-m-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: complicate. | |
-2 letters: compacted, diplomate, eclamptic, pedocalic. | |
-3 letters: alopecic, clodpate, compiled, compleat, complect, complice, complied, diplomat, ecocidal, impacted, maledict, melodica, petaloid, plicated, poetical. | |
-4 letters: aloetic, apomict, cactoid, calcite, capitol, citadel, claimed, clamped, climate, clomped, coacted, coadmit, coalpit, coapted, coeliac, comatic, comedic, cometic, comical, compact, compile, compted, cotidal, decimal, declaim, deltaic, demotic, dialect, diploma, docetic, domical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-l-m-o-p-t" | |
+2 letters: complicatedly, uncomplicated. | |
+3 letters: noncomplicated. | |
+4 letters: complicatedness, overcomplicated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
