Resolve

//ɹɪˈzɑlv//

Synonyms for "resolve" (291 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Strong matches (87)

Related words (145)

intend intendment intent intention interpret itemize labor loyalty make a decision make a point of make out mean meaning mediate melt mind motive nail nisus number

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Verb(17 words)

iron out meliorate purpose puzzle out ravel reason out riddle settle sleuth tease out think out unpuzzle unravel unriddle unsolve upsolve work out

Noun(6 words)

one-track mind pertinacity resolution sticktoitiveness stubbornness tenacity

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

34 entries

agree calculate change integrity cipher compute concord concur cypher decide determine discern distinguish document end figure figure out

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Synonyms

9 entries

answer conclude decide dissolve fortitude melt purpose resoluteness resolution

Related terms

1 entries

set of one's jaw

derived

13 entries

misresolve preresolve proresolving reresolve resolvability resolvable resolvase resolvend resolver self-resolving superresolve time-resolved unresolve

derived from

1 entries

solve

has context

5 entries

chemistry computing medicine music optics

is a

1 entries

emotion

manner of

2 entries

calculate recognize

related to

31 entries

agree chord consonance constituent constitution decision decompose determination discuss disintegrate dissolve dissonance firm hostname ip address liquefy

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Translations

165 translations across 35 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

διαλύω verb (to find a solution to)

Arabic

1 entries

حَلَّ verb (to find a solution to)

Bulgarian

4 entries

решителност noun (will power)
втечнявам verb (to liquefy a gas or vapour)
разлагам verb (to break down into constituent parts)
разсейвам се verb (medicine: to disperse or scatter)

Catalan

4 entries

resolució noun (will power)
resoldre verb (to find a solution to)
resoldre verb (to make a firm decision)
solucionar verb (to find a solution to)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

決定 /决定 verb (to make a firm decision)
決心 /决心 verb (to make a firm decision)
解析 verb (to find IP address or entity)
解決 /解决 verb (to find a solution to)

Czech

1 entries

vyřešit verb (to find a solution to)

Danish

1 entries

viljekraft noun (will power)

Dutch

4 entries

vastbeslotenheid noun (will power)
wilskracht noun (will power)
beslissen verb (to make a firm decision)
besluiten verb (to make a firm decision)

Esperanto

1 entries

solvi verb (to find a solution to)

Finnish

4 entries

tahdonvoima noun (will power)
hajottaa verb (to break down into constituent parts)
levitä verb (medicine: to disperse or scatter)
nesteyttää verb (to liquefy a gas or vapour)

French

4 entries

détermination noun (will power)
résoudre verb (to find a solution to)
résoudre verb (to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers)
se résoudre verb (to make a firm decision)

German

4 entries

Entschlossenheit noun (will power)
Symbol dekodieren (Computersprache) verb (to find IP address or entity)
auflösen verb (to find a solution to)
auflösen verb (to break down into constituent parts)

Hindi

4 entries

इच्छाशक्ति noun (will power)
निश्चय noun (will power)
ठानना verb (to find a solution to)
संकल्प verb (to make a firm decision)

Hungarian

4 entries

akaraterő noun (will power)
elhatároz verb (to make a firm decision)
megfejt verb (to find a solution to)
megold verb (to find a solution to)

Ido

1 entries

rezolvar verb (to make a firm decision)

Irish

2 entries

scaoil verb (to find a solution to)
scaoil verb (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance)

Italian

4 entries

accordare verb (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance)
accordarsi verb (to find a solution to)
decidere verb (to make a firm decision)
disintegrare verb (to break down into constituent parts)

Japanese

4 entries

決意 noun (will power)
分解する verb (to find a solution to)
決定する verb (to make a firm decision)
決心する verb (to make a firm decision)

Korean

4 entries

결심하다 verb (to make a firm decision)
결정하다 verb (to make a firm decision)
다짐하다 verb (to make a firm decision)
해결하다 verb (to find a solution to)

Latin

1 entries

statuō verb (to make a firm decision)

Lithuanian

1 entries

išspręsti verb (to find a solution to)

Middle English

4 entries

resolven verb (to find a solution to)
resolven verb (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain)
resolven verb (to break down into constituent parts)
resolven verb (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften)

Māori

4 entries

niwha noun (will power)
pukutohe noun (will power)
pūtohe noun (will power)
whakamāhuki verb (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain)

Occitan

2 entries

resòlver verb (to find a solution to)
solucionar verb (to find a solution to)

Persian

1 entries

حل کردن verb (to find a solution to)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Väanämungsjeist noun (will power)

Polish

4 entries

stanowczość noun (will power)
zdecydowanie noun (will power)
postanawiać verb (to make a firm decision)
postanowić verb (to make a firm decision)

Portuguese

4 entries

decidir verb (to find a solution to)
resolver verb (to find a solution to)
resolver verb (to make a firm decision)
resolver verb (to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers)

Romanian

3 entries

conchide verb (to make a firm decision)
hotărî verb (to make a firm decision)
rezolva verb (to find a solution to)

Russian

4 entries

реши́мость noun (will power)
реши́тельность noun (will power)
сме́лость noun (will power)
постанови́ть verb (to make a firm decision)

Spanish

4 entries

resolución noun (will power)
disolver verb (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften)
resolver verb (to find a solution to)
resolver verb (to make a firm decision)

Swedish

4 entries

beslutsamhet noun (will power)
besluta verb (to make a firm decision)
lösa verb (to find a solution to)
resolvera verb (to make a firm decision)

Telugu

1 entries

పరిష్కరించు verb (to find a solution to)

Thai

3 entries

ตั้งมั่น verb (to make a firm decision)
ตั้งใจ verb (to make a firm decision)
มุ่งมั่น verb (to make a firm decision)

Tocharian B

1 entries

pratiṃ noun (will power)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The doctor's warning stiffened my resolve to stop drinking.

Source: tatoeba (28105)

He made a resolve to stop smoking.

Source: tatoeba (40638)

The problem will resolve itself eventually.

Source: tatoeba (43715)

It is impossible to resolve the conflict.

Source: tatoeba (44126)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.