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. Rupert Baker:

   I was selling Bouygues yesterday. These bid talks often take longer than expected, and the longer they go on, there's always a chance it could unravel.

2. Subo Dong:

   Like many mysteries in astronomy, it may take years, if not decades, of observational and theoretical efforts to unravel it.

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. 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.

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.