disentangle - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | disentangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unwind, disconnect; solve |
| Synonyms: | clear up, detach, disencumber, disengage, emancipate, expand, extricate, free, let off, loose, open, part, resolve, separate, sever, simplify, sunder, undo, unfold, unravel, untangle, untie, work out, bail one out, discumber, disembroil, disinvolve, let go, sort out, unbraid, unscramble, unsnarl, untwine, untwist |
| Antonyms: | entangle, entwine, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | decipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, break, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, elucidate, explain, expound, interpret, make out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, break down, dope out, encipher, find the key, make clear, puzzle out, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | code, encode, scramble |
| Main Entry: | detach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconnect, cut off |
| Synonyms: | abstract, disassemble, disassociate, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, unfasten, unhitch, withdraw, disaffiliate, take apart, tear off, uncouple, unfix |
| Antonyms: | attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite |
| Main Entry: | disengage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from connection |
| Synonyms: | abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, release, separate, undo, unfasten, untie, withdraw, pull the plug, set free, unbind, uncouple, unfix, unloose, weasel out |
| Antonyms: | attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | dislodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock loose |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, dislocate, displace, disturb, eject, evict, extricate, oust, remove, uproot, dig out, force out |
| Main Entry: | extricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | bail out*, clear, deliver, detach, difference, differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extract, free, get off the hook, get out from under, let go, let off*, liberate, loose, loosen, pull out, release, remove, rescue, resolve, save one's neck, separate, sever, untie, withdraw, wriggle out of |
| Antonyms: | entangle, involve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ravel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come apart; unwind |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, free, loosen, unravel, untangle, unwind, make plain, smooth out, unbraid, unsnarl, untwine, untwist, unweave, weave out |
| Antonyms: | put together, twist |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save from danger |
| Synonyms: | conserve, deliver, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get out, keep, liberate, preserve, protect, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, spring*, unleash, bail one out, disembarrass, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, manumit, pull out of the fire, save life of, set free, unloose |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, imperil, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make easy, intelligible |
| Synonyms: | abridge, analyze, chasten, clarify, clear up, cut down, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, facilitate, interpret, lay out, order, reduce, shorten, spell out, boil down, break down, break it down, clean it up, clean up, cut the frills, disinvolve, draw a picture, get down to basics, get to the meat, hit the high spots, let daylight in, let sunlight in, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, put in a nutshell, put one straight, streamline, unscramble |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | solve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, resolve |
| Synonyms: | break*, clarify, clear up, construe, crack*, decide, decipher, decode, determine, disentangle, divine, do, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, fathom, find out, fix, get, have, hit, illuminate, interpret, iron out*, lick*, make out*, pan out*, puzzle, reason, settle, unfold, unlock, unravel, untangle, work, work out, deal with, figure out, get right, get to the bottom, hit upon, make a dent, put two and two together, think out, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | pose, question, search, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | untangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | straighten out |
| Synonyms: | clear up, disencumber, disentangle, explain, extricate, solve, unravel, disembroil, put in order, unscramble, unsnarl, untwist, unweave |
| Antonyms: | tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, break up, brighten, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unburden, unload, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe, burn off, unblock, unclog, unloose |
| Antonyms: | clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange hair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate, disconnect |
| Synonyms: | bisect, branch, break, carve, chop, cleave, cross, cut, cut up, demarcate, detach, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dislocate, dismember, dissect, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divorce, halve, intersect, isolate, loose, part, partition, quarter, rend, rupture, section, segment, segregate, sever, shear, split, subdivide, sunder, tear, undo, abscind, break down, dichotomize, dissever, pull away, unbind |
| Antonyms: | append, attach, collect, combine, connect, couple, gather, join, link, unite |
| Main Entry: | separate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove something from group; keep or set apart |
| Synonyms: | break, break off, cleave, come between, detach, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, dissect, distribute, divide, divorce, intersect, part, rupture, sever, split, split up, sunder, undo, come apart, come away, dichotomize, dissever, uncombine, uncouple |
| Antonyms: | combine, join, mix, unite |
| Main Entry: | undo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open |
| Synonyms: | disengage, disentangle, free, loose, loosen, release, unbutton, unfasten, unlock, unravel, untie, unwrap, unbind, unblock, unclose, unfix, unloose, unloosen, unshut, unstop |
| Notes: | undo means to reverse an action or thing; undue means 'inappropriate' or 'excessive' |
| Antonyms: | close, do, fasten |
| Main Entry: | unfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread out |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, display, expand, extend, fan, flatten, loosen, open, release, spread, straighten, undo, unfurl, unravel, unroll, unwind, unwrap, fan out, outspread, outstretch, reel out, shake out, stretch out, unbend, uncoil, uncrease, uncurl, untwist |
| Antonyms: | fold, wrap |
| Main Entry: | unwind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | undo, untangle |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, free, loose, loosen, ravel, separate, slacken, unfurl, unravel, unroll, unwrap, unbend, uncoil, unreel, untwine, untwist |
| Antonyms: | tangle, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide, move carefully |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, edge, extricate, facilitate, handle, inch, induce, insert, join, loose, loosen, maneuver, relax, remove, right, slack, slacken, slide, slip, squeeze, steer, set right, untighten |
| Antonyms: | vex, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand; decide, infer |
| Synonyms: | cipher, clear up, comprehend, conclude, crack, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, fathom, follow, get*, make out*, master, opine, reason, resolve, rule, see, settle, solve, suppose, think, unfold, unravel, untangle, catch on to, dope out*, make heads or tails of, puzzle out, think out, unriddle, unscramble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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