Entry Word: solve

Function: verb

Meaning: to find an answer for through reasoning <it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle>

Synonyms answer, break, crack, dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), resolve, riddle, unravel, work, work out

Related Words clear (up), iron out, straighten (out), unscramble, untangle, untie; divine, guess; decipher, decode