Synonyms of resolves

resolves

verb

present tense third-person singular of resolve

1

as in decides

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decides
• chooses
• opts
• finds
• determines
• figures
• concludes
• settles (on or upon)
• elects
• selects
• rules
• prefers
• names
• adjudicates
• picks
• decrees
• contemplates
• adjudges
• deliberates
• ponders
• weighs
• considers
• arbitrates
• rules (on)
• meditates
• entertains
• thinks (about or over)
• culls
• debates
• handpicks
• ruminates
• judges
• cogitates
• singles (out)
• studies
• chews over
• mulls (over)
• questions
• referees
• umpires

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• abstains
• turns down
• hesitates
• halts
• delays
• stalls
• wavers
• vacillates
• temporizes
• waffles
• shilly-shallies

2

as in solves

to find an answer for through reasoning

resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solves
• unravels
• answers
• works
• works out
• concludes
• deciphers
• decides
• figures out
• riddles (out)
• cracks
• puzzles (out)
• breaks
• deduces
• gathers
• infers
• unriddles
• presumes
• assumes
• judges
• reasons
• dopes (out)
• unties
• speculates
• clears (up)
• guesses
• decodes
• straightens (out)
• divines
• untangles
• irons out
• conjectures
• unscrambles

3

as in divides

to set or force apart

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• divides
• separates
• disconnects
• splits
• severs
• dissociates
• disassociates
• ramifies
• decouples
• pulls
• detaches
• decomposes
• unlinks
• isolates
• sunders
• dissects
• parts
• uncouples
• divorces
• subdivides
• dissolves
• disjoins
• disunites
• breaks up
• disintegrates
• cleaves
• dissevers
• unyokes
• bifurcates
• disassembles
• disjoints
• unravels
• fragments
• bisects
• segregates
• rips
• breaks down
• segments
• rends
• quarters
• halves
• partitions
• dichotomizes
• tears
• breaks
• fractionates
• trisects
• ruptures
• insulates
• disengages
• fragmentizes
• fractures
• disentangles
• secludes
• unties
• fractionalizes
• sequesters
• rifts
• fragmentates
• rives
• cuts off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joins
• unites
• unifies
• combines
• links
• associates
• connects
• assembles
• blends
• mixes
• couples
• binds
• closes
• accumulates
• attaches
• mingles
• sticks
• fuses
• fastens
• cements
• knits
• welds
• agglutinates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resolves

The settlement also resolves those claims, according to the DOJ. —Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 18 May 2026

The verdict, reached Wednesday after a trial in federal court in Chicago, resolves one of the last remaining wrongful death lawsuits filed in connection with the disaster that killed all 157 people aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. —Rio Yamat, Fortune, 15 May 2026

The framework resolves years of jurisdictional ambiguity by explicitly carving stablecoins out of the definitions of securities and commodities, pulling them outside direct Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. —Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

An upholstered bed is $2,000, midcentury-modern dining chairs are 30% off, and an 82-inch console resolves nearly seven feet of storage issues (that’s a lot of board games) at 20% off. —Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026

The verdict resolves one of the last remaining cases stemming from two deadly crashes that killed a total of 346 people and happened within months of each other. —Joel Rose, NPR, 14 May 2026

The settlement resolves the state's claims against the companies related to its collision with the Key Bridge. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 12 May 2026

This study finally resolves the paradox by demonstrating that the secret lies in fluid dynamics rather than in biology alone. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026

This phase typically lasts a few weeks and then resolves with or without treatment. —Casey Pinto, The Conversation, 1 May 2026