tangle | Definition of tangle

tangle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tangle

1 to catch or hold as if in a net

was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone

Synonyms of tangle

catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, trap

Words Related to tangle

bag, birdlime, capture, collar

embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms of tangle

detach, disengage, extricate

clear, free, liberate

Antonyms of tangle

disentangle, untangle

2 to twist together into a usually confused mass

that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with

Synonyms of tangle

entangle, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, snarl

Words Related to tangle

jumble, scrabble, scramble

braid, enlace, entwine, entwist, inweave, plait, twine, weave, wind, wreathe, writhe

Near Antonyms of tangle

unknot, unravel, unscramble

Antonyms of tangle

disentangle, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist