Knotty: Synonyms in English

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knotty:
- gnarled; knotty; snarly; snarled; tough; elusive; problematic; problematical; baffling; involved; tangled; tortuous; convoluted; Byzantine; knotted; gnarly; knobbed

English

Detailed Synonyms for knotty in English

knotty:

knotty adj

knotty
gnarled; knotty
- gnarled adj
- knotty adj
knotty

– tangled in knots or snarls ¹
knotty; snarly; snarled
– tangled in knots or snarls ¹
- knotty adj
- snarly adj
- snarled adj
  - snarled thread¹
knotty

– making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe ¹
tough; elusive; problematic; knotty; problematical; baffling
– making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe ¹
- tough adj
- elusive adj
- problematic adj
  - a problematic situation at home¹
- knotty adj
  - I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast¹
- problematical adj
- baffling adj
  - a baffling problem¹
knotty

– highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious ¹
involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous; convoluted; Byzantine
– 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
- convoluted adj
  - convoluted legal language¹
  - convoluted reasoning¹
- Byzantine adj
  - the Byzantine tax structure¹
  - Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship¹
knotty

– used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots ¹
gnarled; knotted; knotty; gnarly; knobbed
– used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots ¹
- gnarled adj
  - gnarled and knotted hands¹
- knotted adj
  - gnarled and knotted hands¹
- knotty adj
- gnarly adj
- knobbed adj
  - a knobbed stick¹

Related Words for "knotty":

knottier, knottiest

Alternate Synonyms for "knotty":

baffling; problematic; problematical; tough; difficult; hard
gnarled; gnarly; knotted; knobbed; crooked
Byzantine; convoluted; involved; tangled; tortuous; complex
snarled; snarly; tangled

Related Definitions for "knotty":

tangled in knots or snarls¹
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe¹
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast¹
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious¹
- a knotty problem¹
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots¹

Related Synonyms for knotty

knotty pine

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