tangle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TANGLE

to catch or hold as if in a net <was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone>

Synonyms catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, tangle, trap

Related Words bag, birdlime, capture, collar; embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, extricate; clear, free, liberate

Antonyms disentangle, untangle

to twist together into a usually confused mass <that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with>

Synonyms interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, snarl, tangle

Related Words jumble, scrabble, scramble; braid, enlace, entwine, entwist, inweave, plait, twine, weave, wind, wreathe, writhe

Near Antonyms unknot, unravel, unscramble; unweave

Antonyms disentangle, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist

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