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unriddling

verb , present participle of unriddle

Synonyms and Antonyms of unriddling

1 to find an answer for through reasoning

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

Synonyms of unriddling

answering, breaking, cracking, doping (out), figuring out, puzzling (out), resolving, riddling (out), solving, unraveling, working, working out

Words Related to unriddling

concluding, deciding, deducing, gathering, inferring, judging, reasoning

clearing (up), ironing out, straightening (out), unscrambling, untangling, untying (or untieing)

assuming, conjecturing, divining, guessing, presuming, speculating

deciphering, decoding

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 of unriddling

clarifying, clearing (up), construing, demonstrating, demystifying, elucidating, explaining, explicating, expounding, getting across, illuminating, illustrating, interpreting, simplifying, spelling out

Words Related to unriddling

deciphering, decoding

analyzing, breaking down

disentangling, undoing, unraveling, unscrambling, untangling

resolving, solving

defining, specifying

annotating, commentating, glossing

Near Antonyms of unriddling

befogging, clouding

confounding, confusing, obfuscating

Antonyms of unriddling

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