Synonyms of resolving

resolving

verb

present participle of resolve

1

as in figuring

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• figuring
• choosing
• deciding
• determining
• opting
• finding
• settling (on or upon)
• concluding
• naming
• selecting
• picking
• ruling
• adjudicating
• electing
• decreeing
• preferring
• culling
• arbitrating
• contemplating
• adjudging
• debating
• pondering
• weighing
• deliberating
• studying
• thinking (about or over)
• considering
• ruling (on)
• singling (out)
• judging
• handpicking
• meditating
• ruminating
• refereeing
• questioning
• cogitating
• entertaining
• mulling (over)
• umpiring
• chewing over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• turning down
• abstaining
• delaying
• stalling
• halting
• hesitating
• temporizing
• wavering
• vacillating
• waffling
• shilly-shallying

2

as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning

resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solving
• unraveling
• answering
• working
• deciphering
• figuring out
• cracking
• working out
• deciding
• concluding
• doping (out)
• puzzling (out)
• riddling (out)
• breaking
• deducing
• reasoning
• gathering
• unriddling
• inferring
• judging
• untangling
• guessing
• untying
• assuming
• clearing (up)
• presuming
• divining
• speculating
• straightening (out)
• ironing out
• decoding
• conjecturing
• unscrambling

3

as in dividing

to set or force apart

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dividing
• separating
• splitting
• disconnecting
• severing
• divorcing
• isolating
• disassociating
• pulling
• dissociating
• decoupling
• detaching
• parting
• ramifying
• dissecting
• decomposing
• sundering
• subdividing
• dissolving
• uncoupling
• disuniting
• unlinking
• breaking up
• disjoining
• dissevering
• unyoking
• disjointing
• fragmenting
• disintegrating
• cleaving
• partitioning
• disassembling
• bifurcating
• bisecting
• tearing
• segmenting
• ripping
• halving
• segregating
• unraveling
• dichotomizing
• fractionating
• breaking
• fracturing
• breaking down
• quartering
• trisecting
• rending
• disentangling
• fragmentating
• rupturing
• fractionalizing
• insulating
• cutting off
• fragmentizing
• sequestering
• disengaging
• untying
• secluding
• riving
• rifting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linking
• joining
• mixing
• combining
• uniting
• connecting
• assembling
• blending
• associating
• unifying
• coupling
• mingling
• binding
• closing
• attaching
• sticking
• accumulating
• cementing
• welding
• fusing
• knitting
• fastening
• agglutinating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resolving

The Founder Cannot Carry Every hour a founder spends resolving a vendor dispute or approving a schedule change is an hour not spent on the few decisions only the founder can make. — Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

The to-do list includes resolving myriad constituent concerns, many involving immigrants whose cases are in limbo because of changes enacted by the federal government. — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

Freedom Debt Relief reports resolving more than $22 billion in debt since its founding in 2002. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

That work can include assigning tasks, structuring workflows, inspecting outputs, coordinating multiple agents, resolving failures and deciding when a human needs to intervene. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Addressing aging windows as a coordinated project can provide a fresh, consistent look while resolving problems that may have developed gradually over time. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

The police, in Shawn’s mind, were much like the class monitors at school, charged with resolving any bothersome or unusual situation. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Lee found a way of resolving this line of questioning through the realization that any spatial perception occurs in the eye and mind of a beholder. — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Over half of retailers surveyed said self-service solutions are resolving key customer pain points related to store navigation, product selection and price verification. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026