UNTANGLED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

untangled

verb

past tense of untangle

as in unraveled

to separate the various strands of gently untangled the baby's hair

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as in freed

to set free from entanglement or difficulty I was finally able to untangle myself from my credit problems

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Recent Examples of untangled Below are the ones that untangled our knots and delivered the most seamless combing and brushing experience. — Eden Stuart, Glamour, 7 July 2026 There remain other, muddled storylines across this LIV timeline that won’t get untangled. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026 One other question may be how easily his businesses may be untangled if the company is sold in pieces. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026 They eventually were untangled, and the referees were convening at center ice when Tkachuk skated off the bench and toward the Red Wings penalty box to talk to Edvinsson. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026 At the end of Manchester City’s 2-1 recent win against Liverpool, as officials gradually untangled the bizarre late incident involving Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai, Neville informed viewers how close the game was to full time. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026 This petite, chic travel jewelry case keeps necklaces untangled, prevents rings from drifting to the bottom of her carry-on, and secures earring posts from bending or breaking. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026 North Crowley fell on it first, but when the pile was untangled, Allen tight end Jackson Hoppe had it. — Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025 Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025

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While nearly 30 players were given the ball cap and figurative clipboard to watch from the sidelines, key position battles unraveled in the desert in the team’s win.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
Viewers will remember that Ramona and Annie switched places at the end of Season 1 once the sisters unraveled some family secrets.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of unraveled

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But Inuma said his family still does not feel safe and fears what could happen if those convicted were eventually freed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Firefighters eventually freed the bear, which escaped into nearby Pike National Forest before wildlife officials could relocate it.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
To pretend that a cover is merely incidental is to ignore how much of literature is extraliterary, as if consciousness can be easily disentangled from the body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disentangled

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Evidence on price caps Researchers found that after two years under the price limit, Oregon saved over $107 million and outpatient prices per procedure fell by 25%.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
Overall, more than 250 million people globally received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, while COVID vaccinations as a whole are estimated to have saved at least 14 million lives in the first year of their rollout alone.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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The man, who was successfully extricated from the tank, was conscious as he was brought to the surface, officials said.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Four people were injured in the crash, and one person had to be extricated from one of the vehicles, according to the fire department.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of extricated

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The capital of Luxembourg was liberated on September 10, 1944, but Grand Duchess Charlotte was able to return home a few months later, on April 14, 1945.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Julie Klausner would like comedy liberated from the phone and returned to the sitcom.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

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