English adjective: Byzantine | |||
1. | Byzantine of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it | ||
Samples | Byzantine monks. Byzantine rites. | ||
2. | Byzantine of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium | ||
3. | Byzantine highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | ||
Samples | The Byzantine tax structure. Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship. Convoluted legal language. Convoluted reasoning. The plot was too involved. A knotty problem. Got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering. Oh, what a tangled web we weave. Tortuous legal procedures. Tortuous negotiations lasting for months. | ||
Synonyms | convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous | ||
Similar | complex | ||
Antonyms | simple | ||
English noun: Byzantine | |||
1. | Byzantine (person) a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Asian, Asiatic | ||
Member meronym | Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire | ||