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Synonyms of tangle in English:

tangle


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verb

1‘Miles found himself tangled in coils of rope’

SYNONYMS
entangle, snarl, catch, entwine, intertwine, intertwist, twist, ravel, knot, enmesh, coil, mat, jumble, muddle
ANTONYMS

untangle, disentangle, unravel

2‘he was suffering from minor injuries after tangling with his old rival’

SYNONYMS
come into conflict, become involved, have a dispute, dispute, argue, quarrel, fight, row, wrangle, squabble, contend, cross swords, lock horns

noun

1‘a tangle of branches’

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snarl, mass, mat, cluster, knot, mesh, disorder, thatch, web

2‘the home team's defence got into an awful tangle’

SYNONYMS
muddle, jumble, mix-up, confusion, entanglement, mishmash, shambles, scramble