noun
1.
Synonyms: texture 2, fabric, fiber
2.
something by which one is ensnared, held fast, or inextricably involved
diplomacy caught in its own web of double-dealing
Synonyms: cobweb, entanglement, mesh(es), toil(s); compare entanglement 1
Related Word: complexity, complication; labyrinth, maze, morass, skein, snarl, tangle; embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, involvement
Idioms: a tangled web
3.
Synonyms: maze 1, jungle, knot, labyrinth, mesh, mizmaze, morass, skein, snarl, tangle