involve

Make part of

Involve means to include as a necessary part or consequence: The job involves a lot of travel.

It also means to draw someone into participation or entanglement: Don't involve me in your schemes.

To be involved with someone suggests a close relationship, often romantic: She's involved with a coworker.

An involved explanation is complicated or intricate.

inclusion

include

Make part of

embrace · contain · comprise · embed · subsume · absorb · cover · entail · admit · accommodate

requirement

require

To make necessary

prerequisite · essential · mandatory · obligatory · compulsory · conditions · criteria · stipulations · constraints · qualifications

entanglement

enmesh

Catch in interwoven strands

ensnare · mire · complicate · compromise · incriminate · mix up · draw into · caught up · wrap up · snare

connection

relate

Connect or recount

  • linkPoint of connection
  • concernTroubled interest in something
  • applyPut into operation

connect · associate · pertain · correlate · refer · implicate · touch on · bear on · relevance · association

participation

engagement

Commitment to wed or attend

attendance · presence · dialogue · discussion · collaboration · teamwork · cooperation · partnership · stakeholders · members

commitment

dedication

Wholehearted loyalty to purpose

responsibility · engagement · attachment · stake · vested interest · buy-in · pledge · allegiance

complexity

intricate

Elaborately detailed, many parts

nuanced · sophisticated · detailed · complicated · extensive · comprehensive · thorough · in-depth · intensive · immersive

Categories
Opposites
inclusion/participation

involveexclude

Bar from participation

omit · leave out · remove · preclude · bar

entanglement/complexity

involvedisentangle

Free from snarls

extricate · untangle · simplify · free · liberate

engagement/interest

involvebore

Tiresome individual or drill

disengage · alienate · tire · weary · repel

Phrases
Family

involved, involvement, uninvolved, involving, involves, involvements, uninvolving

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