Synonyms of figure out

figure out

verb

as in to solve

to find an answer for through reasoning

a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solve
• answer
• unravel
• resolve
• work out
• work
• puzzle (out)
• decipher
• crack
• riddle (out)
• conclude
• dope (out)
• decide
• judge
• break
• gather
• unriddle
• straighten (out)
• deduce
• iron out
• guess
• infer
• reason
• clear (up)
• assume
• presume
• divine
• speculate
• conjecture
• untie
• decode
• untangle
• unscramble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of figure out

Part of that means figuring out what an evening news looks like in the year 2026, and how these linear programs make the jump to the inevitable digital future. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026

By the 1970s, mathematicians had figured out that embedded within the structure of Cayley graphs is information about the Fourier series from Chowla’s problem. —Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026

Some are planners who start their process before even stepping foot on a plane, while others simply play mind games with themselves to acclimate to the new time, and still others have figured out some pretty creative hacks that work for them. —Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026

This order is part of White’s efforts to figure out who leaked confidential court documents to an independent Southern California news site, The Current Report, which published a two-part series depicting Wenger as a whistleblower who was retaliated against with the prosecution. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026