knottiness
3 synonyms for knottiness, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The quality of being full of knots, or of being awkward and complicated.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
tortuousness
complicatedness
Etymology
It comes from Middle English knottynesse, equivalent to knotty + -ness.
Full origin of knottiness →