Tangle Synonyms and Antonyms

tănggəl
To twist together so that separation is difficult
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. entangle
  2. snarl
  3. ensnarl
  4. foul
  5. mat
Something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cat's cradle
  2. entanglement
  3. jungle
  4. knot
  5. labyrinth
  6. maze
  7. mesh
  8. morass
  9. skein
  10. snarl
  11. web
Antonyms:
  1. disentangle
  2. extricate
  3. unravel
  4. line
  5. order
  6. peace
To engage in a quarrel
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. argue
  2. bicker
  3. contend
  4. dispute
  5. fight
  6. quarrel
  7. quibble
  8. spat
  9. squabble
  10. tiff
  11. wrangle
  12. hassle

Words Related to Tangle

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Tangle Sentence Examples

  • He was sure by now it was a brown tangle, ready for the trash heap.

  • The commander-in-chief's first duty was to create a field army out of the tangle of units in Cape Colony.

  • In the densest forests the trees, struggling through the tangle of underwood to the light, are often 150 ft.

  • It seemed almost as if his wits were sharpened into a keener edge by his very difficulties; but since he condemned on principle every war which was not strictly defensive, and it had fallen to his lot to guide a comparatively small power, he always preferred the way of negotiation, even sometimes where the diplomatic tangle would perhaps best have been severed boldly by the sword.

  • We are disposed to agree with the Brazilian historian Constancio that Maranon is derived from the Spanish word marana, a tangle, a snarl, which well represents the bewildering difficulties which the earlier explorers met in navigating not only the entrance to the Amazon, but the whole island-bordered, river-cut and indented coast of the now Brazilian province of Maranhao.

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