Adjective byzantine has 4 senses
- Byzantine - of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"
- Byzantine - of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
- Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous - highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "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"
Antonym: simple (indirect, via complex)
- Byzantine - characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"
Antonym: artless (indirect, via artful)
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Noun byzantine has 1 sense
- Byzantine - a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
--1 is a kind of Asian, Asiatic
--1 is a member of Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire; Byzantium
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