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

Politicians, naturally, have stepped in without resolving anything yet. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

After resolving a bruising carriage standoff with Disney in 2023, the company has been able to strike unique agreements with programmers using that agreement as a template. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

On paper, the January agreement between Damascus and the SDF provides a framework for resolving informal wartime boundaries and closed routes and for harmonizing competing duties and parallel systems of governance. — Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Last week, the two sides also agreed to work on resolving their long-standing border disputes. — Evelyn Cheng,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

The Justices’ daily business involves resolving ambiguities, clarifying jurisdiction, harmonizing conflicting statutes, and adjudicating conflicts in special jurisdictions. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Commissioner Rob Manfred is credited with resolving these complex issues, a feat his predecessor Bud Selig couldn't achieve. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Debt relief companies charge fees based on the amount of debt enrolled or the amount saved through settlement, which means resolving $50,000 in debt can come with substantial additional costs. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Last week, negotiators appeared to be close to resolving their differences. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026