ravel

1. 1.

   disentangle

   “can you unravel the mystery?”

   Synonymsunravelravel out

   Broaderdisentangle
2. 2.

   tangle or complicate

   “a ravelled story”

   Synonymstangleknot

   Antonymsunravel

   Broaderintertwine

Other forms of ravel

plural

ravels·

past tense or participle

ravelled

present participle

ravelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ravel

What does ravel mean?

ravel means "French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ravel?

ravel has 2 syllables: rav-el. The stress falls on "rav". In IPA it is /ˈɹævəl/.

What is another word for ravel?

Close synonyms include Maurice Ravel, run, ladder, unravel, ravel out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of ravel?

The recorded antonyms are unravel.

Is ravel a common word?

ravel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ravel?

1 word rhymes with ravel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.