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

For Rivera, Friday’s sentencing will turn not only on the convictions returned by the jury but on how Damian resolves competing views of their seriousness and the sentencing guidelines that apply. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

The finding resolves a long-running question about the material’s electrical behavior. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

The integrator resolves the issue before morning business hours, eliminating the common nightmare scenario of discovering an unrecorded break-in weeks after the fact. — Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Currently, my team is collecting sequential blood samples for up to a year from patients with shingles who later develop post-herpetic neuralgia, as well as from patients with shingles that resolves with no lingering pain. — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

And that’s what next year is going to be, a six-episode goodbye that hopefully resolves everything viewers have been wondering about. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in 2020 that alleged Walmart repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing opioid prescriptions at pharmacies across the country. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

The printer also has several features, including self-reset, which automatically detects and resolves connectivity issues, as well as robust security to protect the printer from attacks. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026

The settlement announced Wednesday resolves those cases, including the states’ ongoing trial in federal court in Oakland, and claims by the other settling states and territories. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026