Synonyms of resolved

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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

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

Verb

By taking possession of the compound, the company has resolved a major supply-chain challenge and obtained an essential material needed to operate the facility. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

Observers say the escalation underscores the Houthis’ regional ambitions and is unlikely to be resolved without some broader accommodation with Iran. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026