tangleEnglishOxford American Thesaurustangle verb 1 Miles found himself tangled in coils of rope | the wool got tangled up in a big knot: 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: 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: snarl, mass, mat, cluster, knot, mesh, disorder, thatch, web. 2 the home team's defense got into an awful tangle: muddle, jumble, mix-up, confusion, entanglement, mishmash, shambles, scramble.
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