Synonyms of unraveled

unraveled

verb

past tense of unravel

1

as in frayed

to separate the various strands of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frayed
• untwisted
• disentangled
• smoothed
• untangled
• unbraided
• raveled (out)
• unwove
• undid
• unsnarled
• fretted
• untwined
• unlaid
• unwound
• unrolled
• straightened (out)
• untied
• uncoiled
• unknotted
• unlaced
• unstrung
• unthreaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tangled
• entangled
• snarled
• tied
• wound
• knotted
• plied
• spliced
• laced
• braided
• plaited

2

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning

unraveled the mystery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solved
• answered
• resolved
• worked
• deciphered
• concluded
• cracked
• figured out
• worked out
• decided
• puzzled (out)
• riddled (out)
• doped (out)
• broke
• gathered
• deduced
• unriddled
• reasoned
• inferred
• untied
• judged
• guessed
• speculated
• assumed
• cleared (up)
• straightened (out)
• presumed
• conjectured
• untangled
• ironed out
• divined
• decoded
• unscrambled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unraveled

Rice said when Perera was released from the hospital, the working relationship unraveled as well as the romantic one. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

After his mother’s death in 1990, Cooper’s relationship with his father unraveled, and he was soon drawn to the music he’d been taught to avoid. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

Over the past 25 or so years, this country has unraveled in a lot of ways. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

By then, Cecchi Gori’s business empire—which included the Fiorentina soccer club—had unraveled in spectacular fashion, ending in bankruptcy and convictions for financial crimes. — Mattia Ferraresi, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

The Rams will need to tighten up the special teams that unraveled in Philadelphia a year ago and gave up field-position leaks that let the Broncos climb back into last week’s game. — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The firm unraveled in 2025 after prosecutors accused its founder and chief financial officer of concealing hundreds of millions of dollars in financial problems from lenders and investors, a case bolstered by the CFO’s guilty plea. — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

The ceasefire quickly unraveled, and the 60-day deadline passed last month with no breakthroughs. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Marking the feature debut of writer-director Joe Camara, the film follows Luke (Leone), a man struggling with addiction, debt and a life that has steadily unraveled around him. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026