involved meaning and definition

INVOLVED adjective

Definition of involved (adjective)

1. connected by participation or association or use
   • "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"
   • antonym: uninvolved
2. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
   • "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
   • synonyms: mired
3. emotionally involved
4. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
   • "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"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
   • synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, knotty, tangled, tortuous
5. enveloped
   • "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"