Synonyms of unriddling

unriddling

verb

present participle of unriddle

1

as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning

I managed to unriddle the novel's central mystery before the main character did

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in explaining

to make plain or understandable

the all-encompassing genius of Leonardo da Vinci is something that no biographer could ever hope to unriddle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explaining
• clarifying
• illustrating
• demonstrating
• simplifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• interpreting
• spelling out
• getting across
• construing
• elucidating
• expounding
• explicating
• analyzing
• demystifying
• resolving
• specifying
• defining
• solving
• decoding
• deciphering
• breaking down
• unraveling
• disentangling
• undoing
• glossing
• untangling
• annotating
• unscrambling
• commentating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscuring
• clouding
• confusing
• confounding
• befogging
• obfuscating