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

Meanwhile, Rovo can handle some of the heavy lifting of triaging tickets by escalating and fully resolving them. — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Students often receive guidance from several offices before resolving a single issue with each interaction reflecting only part of the larger picture or need. — Chase Williams, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Rather than resolving the tensions, Bojana and Finnegan urge poetic, playful, and experimental approaches to description. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

In April, Congress finally ended a historic Department of Homeland Security shutdown, resolving the longest crisis of its kind in American history. — Reuters, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Saudi Arabia has made significant advances in resolving financial disputes. — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

The e-commerce and cloud computing giant spent much of the last two years digesting massive gains, but the consolidation appears to be resolving higher. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Gamers will play a resident maintenance worker, known as a Facilitator, that is tasked with resolving issues within the D-topia resident facility. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 15 July 2026

That drop came after a preliminary agreement to end the war included provisions aimed at resolving a global crude shortage. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 July 2026