Synonyms of solved

solved

verb

past tense of solve

as in resolved

to find an answer for through reasoning

it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resolved
• answered
• unraveled
• worked
• concluded
• worked out
• figured out
• deciphered
• cracked
• decided
• riddled (out)
• puzzled (out)
• doped (out)
• gathered
• deduced
• broke
• guessed
• unriddled
• reasoned
• judged
• inferred
• cleared (up)
• assumed
• presumed
• straightened (out)
• ironed out
• untied
• speculated
• conjectured
• divined
• untangled
• decoded
• unscrambled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of solved

An 18-year-old mathematical problem concerning the limits of quantum computing may finally have been solved in just three days. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

JonBenét’s older half-brother, John Andrew Ramsey, said investigators must have courage and act aggressively to get the case solved as soon as possible. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

There is also no standard format across agent platforms, so every connection is its own integration work, a problem nobody in our industry has solved yet. — Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

The patient is too often reduced to a bystander, a medical problem to be solved. — Stephen Doran, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026

Homelessness does not get solved without the help of the county, which generally oversees mental health services and drug intervention and rehab. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Not knowing how a problem will be solved can sometimes feel frighteningly similar to believing it can’t be solved. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2026

The complexities of human longing across the ages are not explored so much as solved, in the manner of a mathematical proof. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026

Thankfully for our fall and upcoming winter outfits, Quince just solved that problem with its latest collapsible heel version. — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026