Synonyms for unravel
ʌnˈræv əl

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1. unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick(verb)

   become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

   "unravel the thread"

   Synonyms:
   unpick, run, disentangle, ravel out, extricate, ravel, disencumber, untangle, unscramble, unknot

   Antonyms:
   ravel, tangle, knot

2. ravel, unravel, ravel out(verb)

   disentangle

   "can you unravel the mystery?"

   Synonyms:
   knot, run, ravel out, ravel, tangle, untangle, unscramble, unpick, unknot

   Antonyms:
   ravel, knot, tangle

3. run, unravel(verb)

   become undone

   "the sweater unraveled"

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, unscramble, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, ravel, run away, move, turn tail, range, run, guide, function, lead, lam, ravel out, flow, melt down, track down, break away, untangle, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, bleed, carry, scarper, go, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, run for, black market, unknot, persist, incline, draw, hightail it, be given, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, ladder, ply, unpick, melt

   Antonyms:
   tangle, knot, ravel

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1. unravel(verb)

   to separate the threads (of)

   Synonyms:
   unsnarl, unriddle, disentangle, solve

2. unravel(verb)

   Synonyms:
   solve, unsnarl, unriddle, disentangle

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. unravel(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   disentangle, extricate, ravel, untwist

2. unravel(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   unfold, decipher, interpret, understand, resolve, solve, explain, read, clear up, make out

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1. List of paraphrases:

   disentangle, undo, self-destruct, decipher

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