Synonyms for unravel
ʌnˈræv əlun·rav·el

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1. unravelverb

   Synonyms:
   unsnarl, unriddle, disentangle, solve

2. unravelverb

   to separate the threads (of)

   Synonyms:
   solve, unsnarl, unriddle, disentangle

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1. unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpickverb

   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 outverb

   disentangle

   "can you unravel the mystery?"

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

   Antonyms:
   ravel, knot, tangle

3. run, unravelverb

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Disintegrate

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1. unravelverb

   Synonyms:
   disentangle, extricate, ravel, untwist

2. unravelverb

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

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1. unravelverb

   Synonyms:
   disentangle, extricate, ravel, decipher, unfold

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1. List of paraphrases for "unravel":

   disentangle, undo, self-destruct, decipher

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How to use unravel in a sentence?

1. Tom Lackey:

   We're not trying to unravel Proposition 47, we believe this was one of the pieces of Proposition 47 that was unintended in the mind of the voter.

2. Thomas Rimmele:

   The Inouye Solar Telescope's all about the magnetic field, to unravel the Sun's biggest mysteries, we have to not only be able to clearly see these tiny structures from 93 million miles away but very precisely measure their magnetic field strength and direction near the surface and trace the field as it extends out into the million-degree corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun.

3. Archbishop Wilson:

   It's a decision that will hopefully unravel the hypocrisy, the deceit, and the abuse of power and trust that Catholic Church has displayed.

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   Unravel the mysteries of life by LIVING in the NOW!

5. Peter Hotez:

   That has the potential to be the most destabilizing part of this epidemic, even a single death among health care workers... could make the whole thing unravel.