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Untangle

To remove tangles or knots from.

📖 Definitions of "Untangle"

verb

1
To remove tangles or knots from.
"With gentle combing, untangle your hair."
2
(by extension) To remove confusion or mystery from.
"It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem."

🔄 Synonyms of "Untangle"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
extricateverb	(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
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.
disentangleverb	(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
unscrambleverb	(transitive) To put into order or restore to order.
disencumberverb	(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
unknotverb	(transitive) To unfasten (a knot).
unpickverb	(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.

↔️ Antonyms of "Untangle"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
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.
knotnoun	A 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 "Untangle"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
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.
disentangleverb	(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
extricateverb	(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
unpickverb	(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
disencumberverb	(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
unscrambleverb	(transitive) To put into order or restore to order.
unknotverb	(transitive) To unfasten (a knot).
dispelverb	(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
disbandverb	(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
dissolveverb	(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
undoverb	To reverse the effects of an action.
fathomverb	(transitive) (figurative) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
detangleverb	(transitive) To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).
unsnarlverb	To remove or undo a snarl or tangle.
untwineverb	(transitive) To free (one thing that is entwined with another), disentangle, extricate.
untieverb	(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
untousleverb	(transitive) To rearrange or straighten so that it is no longer tousled.
disentwineverb	(transitive) To free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.
unsnaggleverb	(transitive) To disentangle.
unentangleverb	To reverse the process of entanglement