Word Meanings - LABYRINTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The internal ear. See Note under Ear. (more info) 1. An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths. 2. Any intricate or involved
Additional info about word: LABYRINTH
The internal ear. See Note under Ear. (more info) 1. An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths. 2. Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden. 3. Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature. The serpent . . . fast sleeping soon he found, In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. Milton. The labyrinth of the mind. Tennyson. 4. An inextricable or bewildering difficulty. I' the maze and winding labyrinths o' the world. Denham.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LABYRINTH)
- Jungle
- Thicket
- brake
- involution
- ravelling
- entanglement
- labyrinth
- wilderness
- Puzzle
- Embarrassment
- be wilderment
- enigma
- confusion
- conundrum
- intricacy
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LABYRINTH)
Related words: (words related to LABYRINTH)
- PUZZLEMENT
The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford. - PUZZLE
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle. - ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer. - PUZZLEDOM
The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley. - INSTRUCTRESS
A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson. - LABYRINTHAL
Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian. - ILLUMINER
One who, or that which, illuminates. - LABYRINTHINE
Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal. - BRAKE
of Break. Tennyson. - LABYRINTHICI
An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes. Note: They have, connected with the gill chamber, a special cavity in which a labyrinthiform membrane is arranged so as to retain water to supply the - LABYRINTHIC; LABYRINTHICAL
Like or pertaining to a labyrinth. - LABYRINTHIFORM
Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate. - BRAKEMAN
A man in charge of a brake or brakes. - LABYRINTHIAN
Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal. - INVOLUTION
The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction. (more info) 1. The act of involving or infolding. 2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication; - ENTANGLEMENT
State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity. - ENIGMATICALLY
Darkly; obscurely. - WILDERNESS
1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. 2. A disorderly or - ILLUMINE
To illuminate; to light up; to adorn. - JUNGLE
A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil. The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult - PREINSTRUCT
To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More. - CANEBRAKE
A thicket of canes. Ellicott. - REILLUMINE
To illumine again or anew; to reillume. - MISINSTRUCT
To instruct amiss. - AIR BRAKE
A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight. - UNEMBARRASSMENT
Freedom from embarrassment.