involved

Taking part in an activity or having a connection with it.

• Everyone involved was helpful.
• She became involved in the school project.
• Were any other cars involved in the accident?

How to use it: be involved in something (She is involved in local politics.); get involved with someone/something (He got involved with a community group.)

Similar words: participating, connected

Opposites: uninvolved

Common phrases: get involved, actively involved, involved in something, people involved

Having many connected parts and being difficult to understand or deal with.

• The explanation is rather involved.
• Repairing the system was an involved process.
• We skipped the most involved parts of the argument.

Similar words: complicated, complex, intricate

Opposites: simple, straightforward

Common phrases: involved process, involved explanation, rather involved, involved procedure