involved

[in-volvd]

adjective

1. very intricate or complex.

   an involved reply.

   Synonyms: tangled, knotty, complicated
   Antonyms: simple

2. implicated.

   involved in crime.

3. concerned in some affair, especially in a way likely to cause danger or unpleasantness.

   I didn't call the police because I didn't want to get involved.

4. committed or engaged, as in a political cause or artistic movement.

   The civil rights demonstration attracted the involved young people of the area.

involved

/ ɪnˈvɒlvd /

adjective

1. complicated; difficult to comprehend

   an involved literary style

2. (usually postpositive) concerned or implicated

   one of the men involved

3. euphemistic,  having sexual relations

   she was involved with a number of men

Other Word Forms

• involvedly adverb
• involvedness noun
• noninvolved adjective
• uninvolved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of involved¹

First recorded in 1600–10; involve + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“This has been a deeply distressing time for everyone involved,” Nick Sanchez said.

From Los Angeles Times

Trotman has spent a lot of weeks away from home in that period, but will still be involved and on tour from time to time.

From BBC

It is understood talks have involved the possibility of changing the seating plan in order to add thousands of seats as the Gunners look to keep pace with the largest stadiums in the country.

From BBC

There’s some nostalgia involved, sure, tied up with memories of dancing with your goth girlfriends at New Wave Dance Night, but all three of those songs on a random Friday in Ohio were total steamrollers.

From Salon

Reviews could be held into cases where public authorities or voluntary organisations were, or could have been, involved in the circumstances leading up to the death.

From BBC

Related Words

• affected 
• concerned 
• embroiled 
• entangled www.thesaurus.com
• interested 
• participating www.thesaurus.com