📖 Definitions of "Untangling"
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 "Untangling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disentanglementnoun | Removal of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion. |
| extricationnoun | (public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery. |
| unsnarlingnoun | the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Untangling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disentanglementnoun | Removal of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion. |
| extricationnoun | (public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery. |
| unsnarlingnoun | the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition |
| untyingverb | The act by which something is untied. |
| disentanglingverb | A disentanglement. |
| disentangleverb | (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot. |
| unravellingnoun | The act of becoming unravelled. |
| unravelingnoun | — |
| disentanglesverb | (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot. |
| untwisted | Not twisted. |
| untwistverb | (transitive) To remove a twist from. |
| unravelledverb | — |
| 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. |
| unraveledverb | Disentangled or cleared up. |
| unravelsverb | (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. |
| uncoilingnoun | The act of something being uncoiled. |
| tanglingverb | A tangled structure. |
| entanglingnoun | entanglement |
| tanglesnoun | A tangled twisted mass. |
| unwound | (transitive, rare) to make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal |
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