involved stands for: (5 meanings in total)
  1. adj. emotionally involved (view details)
  2. adj. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire (view details)
  3. adj. connected by participation or association or use (view details)
  4. adj. enveloped (view details)
  5. adj. highly involved or intricate (view details)

Meaning 1: (adjective) emotionally involved
Synonym(s): involved with(p) ( what does involved with(p) stand for? )
Similar(s): attached ( what does attached stand for? ), committed ( what does committed stand for? )

Meaning 2: (adjective) entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
Usage Example(s): brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion, the difficulties in which the question is involved
Synonym(s): mired ( what does mired stand for? )
Similar(s): encumbered ( what does encumbered stand for? )

Meaning 3: (adjective) connected by participation or association or use
Usage Example(s): I don”t want to get involved, everyone involved in the bribery case ha, the involved muscles, the problems involved, we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved
Opposite(s): uninvolved ( what does uninvolved stand for? )
Similar(s): active ( what does active stand for? ), caught up(p) ( what does caught up(p) stand for? ), concerned ( what does concerned stand for? ), embroiled ( what does embroiled stand for? ), engaged ( what does engaged stand for? ), entangled ( what does entangled stand for? ), implicated ( what does implicated stand for? ), interested ( what does interested stand for? ), neck-deep ( what does neck-deep stand for? ), participating ( what does participating stand for? ), up to her neck ( what does up to her neck stand for? ), up to his neck ( what does up to his neck stand for? ), up to my neck ( what does up to my neck stand for? ), up to our necks ( what does up to our necks stand for? ), up to their necks ( what does up to their necks stand for? ), up to your neck ( what does up to your neck stand for? )

Meaning 4: (adjective) enveloped
Usage Example(s): a castle involved in mist, the difficulties in which the question is involved
Similar(s): enclosed ( what does enclosed stand for? )

Meaning 5: (adjective) highly involved or intricate
Usage Example(s): a knotty problem, an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology, convoluted legal language, convoluted reasoning, got his way by lab, intricate needlework, the Byzantine tax structure, the plot was too involved
Synonym(s): Byzantine ( what does Byzantine stand for? ), convoluted ( what does convoluted stand for? ), intricate ( what does intricate stand for? ), knotty ( what does knotty stand for? ), labyrinthine ( what does labyrinthine stand for? ), tangled ( what does tangled stand for? ), tortuous ( what does tortuous stand for? )
Similar(s): complex ( what does complex stand for? )



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