ravel out

1. 1.

   disentangle

   “can you unravel the mystery?”

   Synonymsravelunravel

   Broaderdisentangle

Questions about ravel out

What does ravel out mean?

ravel out means "disentangle".

What is another word for ravel out?

Close synonyms include ravel, unravel. 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.

Is ravel out a common word?

ravel out 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.