Synonyms of unraveling

unraveling

verb

present participle of unravel

1

as in fraying

to separate the various strands of

it took us forever to unravel the jumbled mass of Christmas tree lights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraying
• disentangling
• untwisting
• unweaving
• undoing
• untangling
• smoothing
• ravelling (out)
• fretting
• unbraiding
• raveling (out)
• untwining
• unsnarling
• unlaying
• unwinding
• unrolling
• straightening (out)
• uncoiling
• untying
• unknotting
• unlacing
• untieing
• unthreading
• unstringing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• entangling
• snarling
• tangling
• tying
• winding
• plying
• splicing
• braiding
• knotting
• lacing
• tieing
• plaiting

2

as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning

unraveled the mystery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solving
• answering
• resolving
• working
• deciphering
• cracking
• figuring out
• working out
• breaking
• deciding
• puzzling (out)
• unriddling
• doping (out)
• gathering
• concluding
• riddling (out)
• reasoning
• deducing
• untangling
• inferring
• guessing
• judging
• untying
• speculating
• clearing (up)
• straightening (out)
• decoding
• divining
• conjecturing
• ironing out
• assuming
• untieing
• presuming
• unscrambling

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of unraveling

Billy Crystal's life is unraveling in front of his eyes in the trailer for Before. —Julia Moore, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024