maze-like
Full of turns
Maze-like describes something resembling a maze—full of twisting passages, confusing turns, or complex interconnections that make navigation difficult: the maze-like corridors of the old hospital, a maze-like bureaucracy.
The word suggests disorientation and the possibility of getting lost, whether in physical space or abstract systems.
Extremely complex and winding
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- corridorsEnclosed building passages
- passagewaysEnclosed routes between spaces
convoluted · intricate · meandering · serpentine · medina · casbah · souks · alleys
Storyline or land parcel
- twistingRotating with distortion
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
layered · Borges · nested · recursive · meandering · digressive · tangled · complex
Causing confusion or bewilderment
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- bafflingImpossible to understand
complicated · tangled · knotty · enigmatic · cryptic · impenetrable · inscrutable · unfathomable
Excessively complex or twisted
- KafkaesqueOppressively absurd and labyrinthine
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
paperwork · departments · channels · hierarchies · approval · forms · obstacles · jurisdictions
labyrinthine
Extremely complex and winding
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- corridorsEnclosed building passages
passageways · convoluted · intricate · meandering · serpentine · medina · casbah · souks · alleys · catacombs
plot
Storyline or land parcel
intricate · layered · Borges · nested · recursive · meandering · digressive · tangled · complex · interwoven
puzzling
Causing confusion or bewilderment
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
baffling · complicated · tangled · knotty · enigmatic · cryptic · impenetrable · inscrutable · unfathomable · mystifying
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- KafkaesqueOppressively absurd and labyrinthine
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- proceduralFollowing set steps
regulations · paperwork · departments · channels · hierarchies · approval · forms · obstacles · jurisdictions · inefficient
- obstacle wordsimpassable, blocking, steep, slippery, treacherous
maze-likesimple
Free of complexity
straightforward · uncomplicated · plain · basic · minimalist
maze-likeintuitive
Known without reasoning
navigable · user-friendly · logical · legible · comprehensible
maze-likestraight
Not curved or crooked
direct · linear · undeviating · straightaway · beeline