complicator
- noun
- /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtər/
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complicador
- His insistence on changing the plan at the last minute became a major complicator for the event organizers.
This is just some good chemicals to throw in there that are like fertilizer or clarifying agents or complicators or clarifiers.
- This is just some good chemicals to throw in there that are like fertilizer or clarifying agents or complicators or clarifiers.
Examples
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Fortunately, it was Waldo, Waldo Emerson, the golf pro at Salisbury Country Club and minor romantic complicator, and, fortunately, he laughed.
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This is just some good chemicals to throw in there that are like fertilizer or clarifying agents or complicators or clarifiers.
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You'll miss the third act complicator.
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This is just some good chemicals to throw in there that are like fertilizer or clarifying agents or complicators or clarifiers.
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The new regulations created a complicator for the project, slowing down our progress significantly.
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Hiring a consultant added a complicator to the team dynamic, making communication more challenging.
Synonyms
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4.1
Something that makes a plan or situation harder to deal with
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An unexpected problem that makes a plan or situation more difficult
A person or thing that makes something harder to understand
Something that makes a task or journey harder
Antonyms
How Complicating
Surface Forms
Morphology
complicator = complicate (transparent) = complicate + or
The noun is an agent/result noun formed from the verb 'complicate' with the productive English suffix '-or', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
The word complicator comes from Latin parts com- ('with') and plicare ('to fold'), the same root behind words like complicate and duplicate. So, a complicator is someone or something that 'folds' things together and makes a situation more tangled or difficult.