Synonyms of the word

untangle

• v. (transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
• v. (transitive, by extension, figuratively) To remove confusion or mystery from.

disencumber

• v. (transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something).

disengage

• n. (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks;…

disentangle

• v. (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
• v. (transitive) To unravel a mystery etc.
• v. (intransitive) To become free or untangled.

extricate

• v. (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
• v. (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity.

free

• adj. (social) Unconstrained.
• adj. Obtainable without any payment.
• adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
• adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
• adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
• adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
• adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted…
• adj. (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
• adj. (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
• adv. Without needing to pay.
• adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
• v. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or…
• n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
• n. free transfer.
• n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts…

undo

• v. To reverse the effects of an action.
• v. To unfasten.
• v. (figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall.
• n. (computing) An operation that reverses a previous action.
• adj. Misspelling of undue.

unknot

• n. (mathematics) In knot theory, a loop that is not knotted.
• v. (transitive) To undo (a knot).

unpick

• v. (sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
• v. (knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.
• v. To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc.
• v. (figuratively) To disassemble.

unravel

• v. (transitive) To separate the threads (of); disentangle.
• v. (intransitive) To become undone; to collapse.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.

unscramble

• v. To reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt.
• v. To put into order or restore to order.