unriddle

1 to find an answer for through reasoning I managed to unriddle the novel's central mystery before the main character did Synonyms answer, break, crack, dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), resolve, riddle (out), unravel, solve, work, work outRelated Words conclude, decide, deduce, gather, infer, judge, reason; clear (up), iron out, straighten (out), unscramble, untangle, untie; assume, conjecture, divine, guess, presume, speculate; decipher, decode

2 to make plain or understandable the all-encompassing genius of Leonardo da Vinci is something that no biographer could ever hope to unriddle Synonyms clarify, clear (up), construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, explainRelated Words decipher, decode; analyze, break down; disentangle, undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle; resolve, solve; define, specify; annotate, commentate, glossNear Antonyms befog, cloud; confound, confuse, obfuscateAntonyms obscure