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

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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. An EU official:

   It would unravel the British deal, really, because the basic assumption is that this is a proposal for the UK.

2. Clifford V. Villalon:

   Cryptology is a game of decoding. But it doesn't require high intellect to unravel what the less educated have encoded.

3. Barack Obama:

   Without a deal, the international sanctions regime will unravel, with little ability to re-impose it, With this deal, we have the possibility to peacefully resolve a major threat to regional and international security.

4. 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.

5. Dick Cheney:

   We are confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before -- and that is a former President who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional Republic, and he is aided by Republican leaders and elected officials who have made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man.