Synonyms of knottier

1 Syllable
hard, tough, rough
2 Syllables
puzzling, thorny, mazy, complex, baffling, rugged, gordian, tricky, sticky, uphill
3 Syllables
involved, nodulous, terrible, mystifying, perplexing, effortful, ramified, difficult
4 Syllables
intricate, formidable, complicated, reticular
5 Syllables
sophisticated, labyrinthine, problematical, elaborate