ravel

English Thesaurus

1. a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

hypernym	:	damage, harm, impairment,
definition	:	the occurrence of a change for the worse (noun.event)

2. French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	composer,
definition	:	someone who composes music as a profession (noun.person)

3. tangle or complicate (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine,
definition	:	spin,wind, or twist together (verb.contact)

4. disentangle (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl,
definition	:	extricate from entanglement (verb.contact)

5. a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

derivation	:	ladder, run,
definition	:	come unraveled or undone as if by snagging (verb.change)

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

derivation	:	ravel, ravel out, unravel,
definition	:	disentangle (verb.contact)

6. tangle or complicate (verb.contact)

antonym	:	unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle,
definition	:	become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of (verb.contact)

antonym	:	ravel, ravel out, unravel,
definition	:	disentangle (verb.contact)

derivation	:	maze, snarl, tangle,
definition	:	something jumbled or confused (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	ladder, ravel, run,
definition	:	a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

derivation	:	gnarl, knot,
definition	:	something twisted and tight and swollen (noun.shape)

7. disentangle (verb.contact)

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

derivation	:	ladder, ravel, run,
definition	:	a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

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

derivation	:	raveling, ravelling,
definition	:	a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric (noun.substance)

8. a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

derivation	:	ladder, run,
definition	:	come unraveled or undone as if by snagging (verb.change)

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

derivation	:	ravel, ravel out, unravel,
definition	:	disentangle (verb.contact)

9. tangle or complicate (verb.contact)

antonym	:	unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle,
definition	:	become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of (verb.contact)

antonym	:	ravel, ravel out, unravel,
definition	:	disentangle (verb.contact)

derivation	:	maze, snarl, tangle,
definition	:	something jumbled or confused (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	ladder, ravel, run,
definition	:	a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

derivation	:	gnarl, knot,
definition	:	something twisted and tight and swollen (noun.shape)

10. disentangle (verb.contact)

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

derivation	:	ladder, ravel, run,
definition	:	a row of unravelled stitches (noun.event)

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

derivation	:	raveling, ravelling,
definition	:	a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric (noun.substance)