tangles

The word “tangles” has 2 syllables: tan-gles

It's pronounced as /ˈtæŋɡlz/

What is synonym and antonym for tangles?

In the thesaurus, “tangles” has 78 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tangles along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tangles

abashments
agitations
bafflements
bags
bamboozlements
befuddlements
bemusements
bewilderments
birdlimes
bothers
braids
captures
catches up
chagrins
collars
commotions
confusions
discombobulations
discomfitures
discomforts
disconcertments
dismays
disquiets
distractions
distresses
disturbances
dithers
embarrassments
embroils
enlaces
enmeshes
ensnares
ensnarls
entangles
entoils
entraps
entwines
entwists
flurries
flusters
fogs
fusses
head-scratchings
immeshes
implicates
interlaces
intertwines
intertwists
interweaves
involves
inweaves
jumbles
knots
mazes
meshes
mires
mortifications
muddles
mystifications
nets
perplexities
perturbations
plaits
puzzlements
scrabbles
scrambles
snares
snarls
stews
traps
turmoils
twines
upsets
weaves
whirls
winds
wreathes
writhes

Antonyms for tangles

assurances
certainties
certitudes
clears
confidences
convictions
detaches
disengages
disentangles
extricates
frees
liberates
unknots
unravels
unscrambles
unsnarls
untangles
untwines
untwists
unweaves

Meanings of tangles

noun
1. A tangled twisted mass.
2. A complicated or confused state or condition.
3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
5. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
6. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
7. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
8. Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
verb
1. To become mixed together or intertwined.
2. To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
3. To mix together or intertwine.
4. To catch and hold; to ensnare.

Example Sentences

She spent hours brushing out the tangles in her hair.
The fishing line was full of knots and tangles.
He carefully removed the tangles from the garden hose.
The kitten played with the yarn until it became a mess of tangles.
The climbers struggled to get through the tangles of vines in the forest.

On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tangles, such as: abashments, agitations, assurances, bafflements, bags, bamboozlements, befuddlements.

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