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

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

The statement was made as Plymouth County prosecutors weigh whether to retry Clancy, while her attorneys have also raised the prospect of resolving the case without a second jury trial. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Perhaps sport’s more important diplomatic contribution isn’t resolving disputes at all. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Playing opposite Yau as both the vanished Lin Sang and his double, Mong Sang, meant sitting inside uncertainty rather than resolving it. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Their attention can shift from resolving recurring operational questions toward strategy, people, opportunities and the decisions that genuinely require leadership judgment. — Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Deodands were a messy, odd, and imperfect way of resolving tragedies without clear perpetrators. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026

So, while debt relief could provide another path toward resolving the underlying balance, the lawsuit and the debt negotiation should generally be treated as two separate issues that need attention at the same time. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

After an intriguing start to the second act, the pacing begins to lag before resolving with an overly tidy and quick ending. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026