Synonyms of unknot

unknot

verb

as in to untie

Related Words

• untie
• uncoil
• unwind
• unlace
• unroll
• undo
• unthread
• straighten (out)
• unstring
• fray
• untangle
• smooth
• untwist
• disentangle
• unravel
• unsnarl
• unweave
• unbraid
• untwine
• unlay
• fret
• ravel (out)

Dissimilar Words

• entangle
• knot
• snarl
• tie
• tangle
• wind
• braid
• ply
• splice
• lace
• plait

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unknot

Our columnists are ready to unknot your interpersonal complications. — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 July 2026

That means that there’s a sequence of two crossing changes that unknots the lefthand side of the connect sum, and a sequence of three crossing changes that unknots the righthand side. — Leila Sloman, Wired News, 8 Nov. 2025

What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns. — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024

In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come. — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022

The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair. — Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022

Acupressure mats can also improve circulation, unknot tight muscles, and improve sleep. — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022

If someone comes up with an algorithm that can unknot any knot in what’s called polynomial time, that will put the Unknotting Problem fully to rest. — Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022

One of the issues the Supreme Court must unknot is whether Kennedy was praying as a private citizen or as an assistant coach and school employee. — Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022