Synonyms of tangles

tangles 1 of 2

noun

plural of tangle

as in confusions

a state of mental uncertainty

my mind's been in a tangle ever since I learned some disturbing information about an online acquaintance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confusions
• fogs
• perplexities
• mazes
• distractions
• mystifications
• bewilderments
• puzzlements
• distresses
• muddles
• discomforts
• whirls
• discombobulations
• embarrassments
• bamboozlements
• perturbations
• bafflements
• agitations
• befuddlements
• head-scratchings
• bemusements
• dismays
• mortifications
• discomfitures
• disturbances
• disquiets
• upsets
• turmoils
• chagrins
• commotions
• abashments
• disconcertments
• flurries
• dithers
• flusters
• fusses
• stews
• bothers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assurances
• convictions
• certainties
• confidences
• certitudes

tangles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tangle

1

as in traps

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 & Similar Words

• traps
• enmeshes
• meshes
• entraps
• ensnares
• nets
• snares
• entangles
• involves
• immeshes
• captures
• ensnarls
• entoils
• implicates
• catches up
• embroils
• collars
• bags
• mires
• birdlimes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• untangles
• detaches
• disentangles
• disengages
• frees
• liberates
• clears
• extricates

2

as in knots

to twist together into a usually confused mass

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knots
• snarls
• jumbles
• weaves
• intertwines
• entangles
• interlaces
• braids
• interweaves
• scrambles
• twines
• plaits
• winds
• intertwists
• scrabbles
• entwines
• writhes
• wreathes
• enlaces
• inweaves
• entwists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• untangles
• disentangles
• untwists
• unravels
• unscrambles
• unknots
• untwines
• unsnarls
• unweaves