Synonyms for untangle
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Verb
1. Disentangle — to remove tangles or knots from
disentangle, unravel, extricate, unpick, explain, unscramble, unknot, disencumber, unsnarl, unentangle, uncipher dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To remove tangles or knots from.
With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- disconnect
Forms
- Past participle
- untangled
e.g. untangled → disentangled, unraveled, extricated, unpicked…
Example sentences
- unravel You can't unravel all of life's little mysteries.
- extricate Elias wanted to successfully extricate himself out of the system.
- disentangle I'm not sure what's the best way to disentangle this.
- demystify Healthy discussions can demystify many topics.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| untangle | rising | |
| unravel | rising | |
| extricate | steady | |
| disentangle | rising | |
| unpick | rising | |
| demystify | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- unpick, unknot
- 7 letters
- explain2, unravel3, unsnarl
- 8 letters
- uncipher
- 9 letters
- extricate3, demystify4
- 10 letters
- unscramble3, unentangle
- 11 letters
- disentangle4, disencumber
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (explain2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- débrouiller
- Italiano
- districare