If you are involvedin a situation or activity, you are taking part in it or have a strong connection with it.
If she were involved in business, she would make a strong chief executive. [+ in/with]
She became involved with political causes after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
The Farmers' Club is an organisation for people involved in agriculture.
Synonyms: implicated, taking part, caught up, mixed up More Synonyms of involved
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are involvedin something, you give a lot of time, effort, or attention to it.
The family were deeply involved in Jewish culture. [+ in]
3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
The things involvedin something such as a job or system are the necessary parts or consequences of it.
We believe the time and hard work involved in completing such an assignment are worthwhile. [+ in]
He cannot reveal how much money is involved in the scheme.
Let's take a look at some of the figures involved.
4. adjective
If a situation or activity is involved, it has a lot of different parts or aspects, often making it difficult to understand, explain, or do.
The operations can be quite involved, requiring many procedures.
Synonyms: complicated, complex, intricate, hard More Synonyms of involved
5. adjective
If one person is involvedwith another, especially someone they are not married to, they are having a sexual or romantic relationship.
He became romantically involved with a married woman. [+ with]
involved in British English
(ɪnˈvɒlvd)
adjective
1.
complicated; difficult to comprehend
an involved literary style
2. (usually postpositive)
concerned or implicated
one of the men involved
3. (postpositive; foll bywith) euphemistic
having sexual relations
she was involved with a number of men
involved in American English
(ɪnˈvɑlvd; ɪnˈvɔlvd)
adjective
1.
not easily understood; intricate; complicated
2.
implicated, affected, or committed
3.
having a close emotional, and often sexual, relationship with
SIMILAR WORDS: comˈplex
Examples of 'involved' in a sentence
involved
A divorce in which parents become involved can be more expensive and stressful.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was then appointed senior scientific officer in the civil service, which involved spending a lot of time at sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As a result, she has become an involved driving companion, not a bored passenger.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Reliable data on corruption is necessarily scarce because those involved are often adept at hiding it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Would all these people get involved if they really thought it was that cruel?
The Sun (2012)
Her memorable series on homeless women involved spending many nights on the streets with them.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The only accidents considered were those which involved lost work time.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
Make sure any person you get involved with knows that right from the beginning.
Christianity Today (2000)
Those involved have defrauded people in all walks of life.
The Sun (2009)
Each person involved has some small kind of power.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The willingness of people to get involved so quickly was fantastic.
The Sun (2008)
The way to convince your fiancée to be with you is to show what an involved and confident dad you are.
The Sun (2013)
Another involved 1million used to buy antique fireplaces.
The Sun (2012)
This involved much negotiation with the Americans over war debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It may work if you become an involved partner and dad, and end the affair.
The Sun (2012)
Entertainment was all firmly based around the outdoors, and often involved foraging for food.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In my case last year, this involved many phone calls and letters.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Horrible programme, horrible jokes and the smug look on the faces of all involved makes me so cross.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Many of these jobs were unsafe or involved working in unhealthy environments, such as textile factories and coal mines.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
And rightly so: there is always a presumption that the senior person involved has exerted improper pressure on the other.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Because of the vast distances involved, many stars have winked out of existence by the time their light reaches our eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Everyone, from lorry drivers to local officials, appears to have become involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The way in which sponsors were chosen, he says, was rigorously fair and involved much consultation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is easy to forget that, for most of those involved, so much of what had happened there was parochial.
Richard Holmes Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006)
To me, he was the most involved artist I worked with on the album.
The Sun (2010)
I got a lot more involved than I should have.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The worry is that the people likely to become involved are retired homeowners, not those first-time buyers or busy families who have most to gain from housebuilding.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
involved
British English: involved ADJECTIVE
If you are involved in a situation or activity, you are taking part in it.
If she were involved in business, she would make a strong chief executive.
American English: involved
Brazilian Portuguese: envolvido
Chinese: 参与的
European Spanish: complicado
French: qui participe
German: beteiligt
Italian: coinvolto
Japanese: 巻き込まれた
Korean: 관련된
European Portuguese: envolvido
Latin American Spanish: involucrado
Chinese translation of 'involved'
involved
(ɪnˈvɔlvd)
adj
(= complicated) 复(複)杂(雜)的 (fùzá de)
to be involved in (= take part in) 参(參)与(與) (cānyù) (= be engrossed in) 专(專)心于(於) (zhuānxīn yú)
(= be entailed by) ... 所需的 ( ... suǒxū de)
to feel involved in sth感到成为(為)某事的一部分 (gǎndào chéngwéi mǒushì de yī bùfen)
to be involved with sb和某人关(關)系(係)亲(親)密 (hé mǒurén guānxì qīnmì)
involve
(ɪnˈvɔlv)
vt
(= entail) 包含 (bāohán)
(= concern, affect) 使卷(捲)入 (shǐ juǎnrù)
to involve sb (in sth)使某人参(參)与(與)(某事) (shǐ mǒurén cānyù (mǒushì))
1 (adjective)
Definition
complicated
The operation can be quite involved, requiring special procedures.
Synonyms
complicated
a complicated voting system
complex
in-depth coverage of today's complex issues
intricate
intricate patterns and motifs
hard
That's a very hard question.
difficult
It was a very difficult decision to make.
confused
confusing
The statement they issued was highly confusing.
sophisticated
a large and sophisticated new telescope
elaborate
a designer known for his elaborate costumes
tangled
His personal life has become more tangled than ever.
bewildering
jumbled
entangled
tortuous
long and tortuous negotiations
Byzantine
convoluted
knotty
The new management team faces some knotty problems.
unfathomable
labyrinthine
his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation
Opposites
easy
,
simple
,
straightforward
,
elementary
,
simplified
,
uncomplicated
,
unsophisticated
,
easy-peasy (slang)
2 (adjective)
She became involved with the group after doing charity work.
Synonyms
implicated
Eventually the President was implicated in the cover-up.
taking part
caught up
mixed up
embroiled
the reluctance of the public to get embroiled in a war
entangled
enmeshed
He was enmeshed in a complex web of personal problems.
ensnared
phrase
See involved in something
Additional synonyms
in the sense of complex
Definition
intricate or complicated
in-depth coverage of today's complex issues
Synonyms
complicated,
difficult,
involved,
mixed,
elaborate,
tangled,
mingled,
intricate,
tortuous,
convoluted,
knotty,
labyrinthine,
circuitous,
Daedalian (literary)
in the sense of confusing
The statement they issued was highly confusing.
Synonyms
bewildering,
complicated,
puzzling,
misleading,
unclear,
baffling,
muddling,
contradictory,
ambiguous,
inconsistent,
perplexing,
clear as mud (informal)
in the sense of difficult
Definition
not easy to do, understand, or solve
It was a very difficult decision to make.
Synonyms
problematical,
involved,
complex,
complicated,
delicate,
obscure,
abstract,
baffling,
intricate,
perplexing,
thorny,
knotty,
abstruse,
ticklish,
enigmatical
Synonyms of 'involved'
involved
Explore 'involved' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of elaborate
Definition
having a very complicated design
a designer known for his elaborate costumes
Synonyms
ornate,
detailed,
involved,
complex,
fancy,
complicated,
decorated,
extravagant,
intricate,
baroque,
ornamented,
fussy,
embellished,
showy,
ostentatious,
florid
in the sense of embroiled
the reluctance of the public to get embroiled in a war
Synonyms
involved,
mixed up,
implicated,
entangled
in the sense of enmeshed
Definition
deeply involved
He was enmeshed in a complex web of personal problems.
Synonyms
entangled,
involved,
caught,
netted,
trapped,
tangled,
implicated,
snarled,
embroiled,
snared,
incriminated,
ensnared,
trammelled
in the sense of hard
Definition
difficult to do or understand
That's a very hard question.
Synonyms
difficult,
involved,
complex,
complicated,
puzzling,
tangled,
baffling,
intricate,
perplexing,
impenetrable,
thorny,
knotty,
unfathomable,
ticklish
in the sense of intricate
Definition
full of complicated detail
intricate patterns and motifs
Synonyms
complicated,
involved,
complex,
difficult,
fancy,
sophisticated,
elaborate,
obscure,
tangled,
baroque,
perplexing,
tortuous,
Byzantine,
convoluted,
rococo,
knotty,
labyrinthine,
daedal (literary)
in the sense of knotty
Definition
extremely difficult or puzzling
The new management team faces some knotty problems.
Synonyms
puzzling,
hard,
difficult,
complex,
complicated,
tricky,
baffling,
intricate,
troublesome,
perplexing,
mystifying,
thorny,
problematical
in the sense of labyrinthine
his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation
Synonyms
complex,
puzzling,
perplexing,
involved,
confused,
tortuous,
Byzantine,
convoluted,
knotty,
Gordian,
Daedalian
in the sense of sophisticated
Definition
(of machines or methods) complex and using advanced technology
a large and sophisticated new telescope
Synonyms
complex,
advanced,
complicated,
subtle,
delicate,
elaborate,
refined,
intricate,
multifaceted,
highly-developed
in the sense of tangled
His personal life has become more tangled than ever.