Synonyms of resolved

resolved 1 of 2

adjective

as in determined

fully committed to achieving a goal

only the most resolved of explorers had any chance of finding the source of the Nile

Synonyms & Similar Words

• determined
• resolute
• intent
• decisive
• confident
• bound
• positive
• out
• firm
• set
• adamant
• bent (on or upon)
• single-minded
• purposeful
• serious
• do-or-die
• on one's mettle
• persistent
• hell-bent (on or upon)
• sure
• hardened
• earnest
• certain
• vehement
• willful
• stubborn
• bitter
• steady
• unswerving
• dogged
• cocksure
• unhesitating
• unwavering
• unfaltering
• tenacious
• implacable
• obdurate
• immovable
• pigheaded
• headstrong
• adamantine
• unbending
• pertinacious
• unrelenting
• uncompromising
• hardheaded
• hard
• rigid
• mulish
• unyielding
• inflexible
• perverse
• self-willed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unresolved
• undetermined
• hesitant
• uncertain
• faltering
• indecisive
• irresolute
• doubtful
• unsure
• suspicious
• unsettled
• skeptical
• unconvinced
• undecided
• reluctant
• dubious
• distrustful
• wavering
• vacillating
• mistrustful
• loath
• weak-kneed
• indisposed
• disinclined

resolved

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verb

past tense of resolve

1

as in figured

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• figured
• decided
• chose
• opted
• determined
• found
• settled (on or upon)
• concluded
• ruled
• named
• selected
• elected
• decreed
• picked
• adjudicated
• preferred
• adjudged
• culled
• debated
• arbitrated
• pondered
• contemplated
• ruled (on)
• studied
• considered
• weighed
• judged
• deliberated
• thought (about or over)
• entertained
• singled (out)
• handpicked
• ruminated
• cogitated
• questioned
• refereed
• meditated
• chewed over
• umpired
• mulled (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• rejected
• declined
• turned down
• abstained
• delayed
• halted
• stalled
• hesitated
• temporized
• wavered
• vacillated
• waffled
• shilly-shallied

2

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning

resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solved
• answered
• unraveled
• worked
• worked out
• figured out
• concluded
• deciphered
• cracked
• decided
• riddled (out)
• doped (out)
• puzzled (out)
• deduced
• gathered
• unriddled
• broke
• reasoned
• judged
• inferred
• presumed
• guessed
• assumed
• cleared (up)
• ironed out
• straightened (out)
• untied
• speculated
• conjectured
• divined
• untangled
• decoded
• unscrambled

3

as in divided

to set or force apart

a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• divided
• separated
• disconnected
• split
• severed
• divorced
• isolated
• disassociated
• parted
• dissociated
• pulled
• decoupled
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissected
• detached
• uncoupled
• decomposed
• broke up
• dissolved
• subdivided
• ramified
• disunited
• disjointed
• unlinked
• dissevered
• disintegrated
• partitioned
• unyoked
• cleaved
• disassembled
• fragmented
• unraveled
• bifurcated
• bisected
• broke down
• halved
• ripped
• fractionated
• fractured
• segregated
• segmented
• dichotomized
• quartered
• broke
• fragmentated
• tore
• ruptured
• disentangled
• cut off
• fragmentized
• rent
• sequestered
• disengaged
• insulated
• trisected
• fractionalized
• rived
• untied
• rifted
• secluded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linked
• joined
• united
• associated
• combined
• unified
• assembled
• connected
• mixed
• blended
• mingled
• bound
• coupled
• attached
• closed
• stuck
• accumulated
• fused
• cemented
• welded
• fastened
• knit
• agglutinated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resolved

Adjective

Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory. —Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026

One quick concluding note: Like Bad Sisters, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has what feels to me like a pretty resolved (and effective) ending, especially given the amount of time Saoirse spends in the finale talking about the difficulties of writing endings for TV. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026

What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved. —Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025

This breakthrough achievement, called super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, exploited the properties of evanescent waves and made single-molecule microscopy possible. —IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2025

Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated. —Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

Verb

With closing arguments now completed in the trial and the jury set to start deliberations on Monday, the uncertainty in this case will soon be resolved. —Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026

So the administration, of course, urges patience, right, once the war is resolved, et cetera. —CBS News, 17 May 2026

Soderbergh was resolved to let the audio play. —ABC News, 16 May 2026

The Idaho Supreme Court in March resolved the case in favor of the developers, finding that the millions collected — including the money that paid for the park land — were legal under state law. —Mark Dee may 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026

Whether a potential strike is resolved quickly, or avoided completely, the threat of any disruption reinforces just how vital mass transit is to the New York sports scene. —Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026

Farber has held off on sentencing Weinstein until the remaining count is resolved. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 May 2026

That suit was resolved after the college held another public hearing and approved the transfer again. —Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026

But the issue will not be quickly resolved. —Malak Harb, Fortune, 15 May 2026