untangle

English Thesaurus

1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	undo,
definition	:	cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect (verb.contact)

entail	:	disunite, divide, part, separate,
definition	:	force, take, or pull apart (verb.contact)

2. release from entanglement of difficulty (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	disengage, free,
definition	:	free or remove obstruction from (verb.contact)

3. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of (verb.contact)

antonym	:	knot, ravel, tangle,
definition	:	tangle or complicate (verb.contact)

derivation	:	disentangler, unraveler, unraveller,
definition	:	a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state (noun.person)

4. release from entanglement of difficulty (verb.contact)

derivation	:	disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling,
definition	:	the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition (noun.act)

5. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of (verb.contact)

antonym	:	knot, ravel, tangle,
definition	:	tangle or complicate (verb.contact)

derivation	:	disentangler, unraveler, unraveller,
definition	:	a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state (noun.person)

6. release from entanglement of difficulty (verb.contact)

derivation	:	disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling,
definition	:	the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition (noun.act)