The first thing he did was to untie his shoelaces and take his shoes off.
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Untie
//ʌnˈtaɪ//
Synonyms for "untie" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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Translations
141 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λύω verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- λύω verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Arabic
2 entries- فَكَّ verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- فَكَّ verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Armenian
3 entries- արձակել verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- արձակել verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- քակել verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Aromanian
1 entries- dizleg verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Belarusian
4 entries- адвя́зваць verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- адвяза́ць verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- развя́зваць verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- развяза́ць verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отвъ́ржа verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- отвъ́рзвам verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- развъ́ржа verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- развъ́рзвам verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Catalan
1 entries- deslligar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- šu·jum verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 解開 /解开 verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Czech
4 entries- odvazovat verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- odvázat verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- rozvazovat verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- rozvázat verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Dutch
4 entries- losknopen verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- loskomen verb (to become untied or loosed)
- losmaken verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- losmaken verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Estonian
1 entries- lahti siduma verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Finnish
4 entries- avata verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- avautua verb (to become untied or loosed)
- irrottaa verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- ratkaista verb (to resolve)
French
4 entries- délier verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- détacher verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- détacher verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- détacher verb (to become untied or loosed)
Friulian
1 entries- disleâ verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Georgian
1 entries- აქციის verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
German
4 entries- aufklären verb (to resolve)
- auflösen verb (to resolve)
- beschließen verb (to resolve)
- beseitigen verb (to resolve)
Greek
4 entries- ελευθερώνω verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- λύνομαι verb (to become untied or loosed)
- λύνω verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- λύνω verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Hebrew
2 entries- התיר verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- פָּרַם verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Hungarian
4 entries- kibogoz verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- kicsomóz verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- kifűz verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- kifűződik verb (to become untied or loosed)
Irish
2 entries- scaoil verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- scaoil verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Italian
4 entries- disfare verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- disfare verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- sciogliere verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- sciogliersi verb (to become untied or loosed)
Japanese
1 entries- 解く verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Korean
1 entries- 풀다 verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Ladin
1 entries- deslier verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Latin
1 entries- solvō verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Malayalam
3 entries- അഴിക്കുക verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- അഴിക്കുക verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- അഴിയുക verb (to become untied or loosed)
Māori
4 entries- maheno verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- maheno verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- maheno verb (to become untied or loosed)
- tākiri verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Occitan
1 entries- desligar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Polish
4 entries- odwiązać verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- odwiązywać verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- rozwiązać verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- rozwiązywać verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Portuguese
4 entries- desamarrar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- desamarrar verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- desatar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- desatar verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Quechua
1 entries- paskay verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Romanian
2 entries- desface verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- dezlega verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Russian
4 entries- отвя́зывать verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- отвяза́ть verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- развя́зывать verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- развя́зываться verb (to become untied or loosed)
Slovak
4 entries- odviazať verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- odväzovať verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- rozviazať verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- rozväzovať verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Spanish
4 entries- desamarrar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- desanudar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- desatar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- desatar verb (to resolve)
Swedish
3 entries- knyta loss verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- knyta upp verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- lösgöra verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
Tamil
1 entries- அவிழ் verb (to become untied or loosed)
Turkish
4 entries- çözmek verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- çözmek verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- çözmek verb (to resolve)
- çözülmek verb (to become untied or loosed)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відв'я́зувати verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- відв'яза́ти verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- розв'я́зувати verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- розв'яза́ти verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Venetan
1 entries- desligar verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cởi verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- tháo verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
Welsh
4 entries- datglymu verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- datod verb (to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted)
- datod verb (to free from fastening or from restraint)
- datod verb (to become untied or loosed)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Untie me now.
Source: tatoeba (2253834)
I can't untie this knot.
Source: tatoeba (2266912)
I can't untie this knot; it's too tight!
Source: tatoeba (2427761)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.