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Synonyms for tortuous in English

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tortuous:
- winding; tortuous; sinuous
- tortuous; involved; knotty; tangled; Byzantine; convoluted; winding; twisting; voluminous; twisty

English

Detailed Synonyms for tortuous in English

tortuous:

tortuous

tortuous
winding; tortuous; sinuous
- winding
- tortuous
- sinuous

tortuous adj

tortuous

– not straightforward ¹
tortuous
– not straightforward ¹
- tortuous adj
  - his tortuous reasoning¹
tortuous

– highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious ¹
involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous; Byzantine; convoluted
– highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious ¹
- involved adj
  - the plot was too involved¹
- knotty adj
  - a knotty problem¹
- tangled adj
  - Oh, what a tangled web we weave¹
- tortuous adj
  - tortuous legal procedures¹
  - tortuous negotiations lasting for months¹
- Byzantine adj
  - the Byzantine tax structure¹
  - Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship¹
- convoluted adj
  - convoluted legal language¹
  - convoluted reasoning¹
tortuous

– marked by repeated turns and bends ¹
winding; twisting; voluminous; tortuous; twisty
– marked by repeated turns and bends ¹
- winding adj
  - winding roads are full of surprises¹
- twisting adj
- voluminous adj
- tortuous adj
  - a tortuous road up the mountain¹
- twisty adj
  - had to steer the car down a twisty track¹

Related Words for "tortuous":

tortuousness, tortuously

Alternate Synonyms for "tortuous":

Byzantine; convoluted; involved; knotty; tangled; complex
twisting; twisty; winding; voluminous; crooked
indirect

Related Definitions for "tortuous":

not straightforward¹
- his tortuous reasoning¹
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious¹
- tortuous legal procedures¹
- tortuous negotiations lasting for months¹
marked by repeated turns and bends¹
- a tortuous road up the mountain¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University