mazelike
Full of turns
Mazelike describes something resembling a maze—full of twisting passages, confusing turns, or complex interconnections that make navigation difficult.
The word applies to physical spaces like mazelike corridors or mazelike streets in old cities, and extends to abstract complexity: the mazelike bureaucracy, mazelike plot twists.
Extremely complex and winding
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
convoluted · circuitous · tortuous · sinuous · spiral · coiled · snaking · rambling
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- knottedTied with loops
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
- interwovenLaced through one another
webbed · elaborate · byzantine · complicated · dense · layered · nested · multifaceted
Causing mental uncertainty
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- puzzlingCausing confusion or bewilderment
disorienting · confounding · misleading · inscrutable · obscure · impenetrable · unfathomable · trackless
labyrinthine
Extremely complex and winding
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
meandering · convoluted · circuitous · tortuous · sinuous · spiral · coiled · snaking · rambling · warren
intricate
Elaborately detailed, many parts
interwoven · webbed · elaborate · byzantine · complicated · dense · layered · nested · multifaceted · intertwined
confusing
Causing mental uncertainty
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- bafflingImpossible to understand
puzzling · disorienting · confounding · misleading · inscrutable · obscure · impenetrable · unfathomable · trackless · lost
- porous texturesporous, spongy, perforated, pitted, cellular
mazelikestraightforward
Clear and uncomplicated
simple · clear · transparent · uncomplicated · intelligible
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