Synonyms for knotty

Similarity of adj knotty

4 senses of knotty

Sense 1:

baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
difficult (vs. easy), hard

Sense 2:

gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed
crooked (vs. straight)

Sense 3:

Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
complex (vs. simple)

Sense 4:

knotty, snarled, snarly
tangled (vs. untangled)