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 Zack Wheeler pitched a gem against Tampa Bay on Sunday and untangled a few thousand knots inside the stomachs of Phillies fans, and even from those inside a mostly solemn clubhouse. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 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

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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have unraveled some of the atmospheric secrets of a bizarre, blisteringly hot world that has the consistency of marshmallow.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
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

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Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Orange County Fire Authority crews responded to the building at 8th Street and Rostrata Avenue and extricated a woman trapped under the vehicle inside the structure.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and died at the scene, police said.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of extricated

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Ukraine has liberated 107 square miles in the operation that started in the summer, Ukraine's Third Army Corps commander Brig.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Sivan’s previous record, Something to Give Each Other, was a breakthrough that liberated him from the YA preciousness of his early career.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

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