| Main Entry: | disentangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unwind, disconnect; solve |
Synonyms: |
bail one out, clear up, detach, discumber, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disinvolve, emancipate, expand, extricate, free, let go, let off, loose, open, part, resolve, separate, sever, simplify, sort out, sunder, unbraid, undo, unfold, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, work out |
Antonyms: |
entangle, entwine, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | ravel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come apart; unwind |
Synonyms: |
disentangle, free, loosen, make plain, smooth out, unbraid, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, weave out |
Antonyms: |
put together, twist |
| Main Entry: | straighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in neat or aligned order |
Synonyms: |
align, arrange, compose, correct, even, level, make plumb, make straight, neaten, order, put in order, put perpendicular, put straight, put to rights, put upright, put vertical, rectify, set to rights, smarten up, spruce up, tidy, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untwist |
Antonyms: |
bend, curve, move, twist |
| Main Entry: | untangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | straighten out |
Synonyms: |
clear up, disembroil, disencumber, disentangle, explain, extricate, put in order, solve, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untwist, unweave |
Antonyms: |
tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | cut the Gordian knot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve a difficult problem |
Synonyms: |
clear, cut through red tape, free, get to the bottom of, resolve, solve, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, work out |
| Main Entry: | unravel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | untangle |
Synonyms: |
disentangle, free, separate, straighten out, undo, unknot, unsnarl, unwind |
Antonyms: |
knot, tangle, tie |