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Unknot

🔄 Synonyms of "Unknot"

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unravelverb(transitive) (figurative) (also reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.
untangleverb(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
unscrambleverb(transitive) To put into order or restore to order.
unpickverb(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.

↔️ Antonyms of "Unknot"

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ravelnoun(transitive) To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
knotnounA looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
tanglenoun(transitive) To mix together or intertwine.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Unknot"

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unscrambleverb(transitive) To put into order or restore to order.
unravelverb(transitive) (figurative) (also reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.
unpickverb(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
untangleverb(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
disentangleverb(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
unknottingnounThe act of untying a knot.
nonfunctionnounFailure to function; inoperativeness.
nonelementnounThat which is not an element (of a mathematical set, etc.).
nonconjugacynounThe condition or state of not being conjugate.
nontheoremnoun(logic) That which is not a theorem.
non-convexitynounAlternative spelling of nonconvexity. [(mathematics) The state of not being mathematically convex.]
unk-unknounAn unknown unknown.
nonsequencenounThat which is not a sequence.
nontermnoun(linguistics) That which is not a term.
nonexpressionnounAbsence of emotional expression.
nonmutatornoun(genetics) Something that is not a mutator
nontreeThat which is not a tree (plant).
undirected graphnoun(graph theory) A graph in which the edges are not ordered, so the edge (a, b) is identical to the edge (b, a).
nonbetweennessnoun(mathematics) The condition of not being between two other objects (in position or value)
nonpolynomial(algebra) Not polynomial.

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