involved

in-volved · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Connected or concerned with someone or something.

  2. 2.

    Having a complicated nature; complex.

  3. 3.

    (involved with) In a romantic or sexual relationship with.

  4. 4.

    Absorbed in an activity; engaged.

Related words

Antonyms: detached, simple, uninvolved
See also: complicated, engagement, involve, participation
Synonyms: complex, concerned, engaged, implicated

Etymology

Past participle of "involve," from Latin "involvere" (to envelop, wrap up, roll into), from "in-" (in) + "volvere" (to roll). The sense evolved from "enveloped" to "included" to "complicated."