BYZANTINE Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

byzantine

adjective

ˈbi-zᵊn-ˌtēn

as in complicated

having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated spent his first year at the Pentagon just trying to fathom its byzantine workings

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Recent Examples of byzantine Petra’s location linking East and West—which swiftly enriched the city and, by extension, the entire Nabataean Kingdom—is reflected in its distinctive rock-cut architecture, which infuses Nabataean architecture with Hellenistic and Byzantine features. —Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025 The devil is in the details when delving into the Byzantine world of health care, but Illinois consumers have an intense interest in both lowering their prescription costs and preserving their corner drugstore. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025 When a federal employee retires, the workers gather the employee’s personnel records and go through a Byzantine series of calculations to determine the worker’s benefits. —Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025

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Although these big chip platforms are complicated to make, Nvidia can apply lessons learned from the Blackwell ramp to future product iterations.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
With triads, one dropout will force you into more complicated rematching.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025