Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun complication

5 senses of complication

Sense 1
complication -- (the act or process of complicating)
       => hindrance, hinderance, interference -- (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)

Sense 2
complication -- (a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication")
       => situation, state of affairs -- (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt)

Sense 3
complication -- (any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis")
       => disease -- (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Sense 4
complication, ramification -- (a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications")
       => development -- (a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!")

Sense 5
complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness -- (puzzling complexity)
       => complexity, complexness -- (the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers")