Synonyms of resolved

resolved 1 of 2

adjective

as in determined

fully committed to achieving a goal

only the most resolved of explorers had any chance of finding the source of the Nile

Synonyms & Similar Words

• determined
• resolute
• intent
• decisive
• confident
• bound
• positive
• out
• firm
• set
• adamant
• bent (on or upon)
• single-minded
• purposeful
• serious
• do-or-die
• on one's mettle
• persistent
• hell-bent (on or upon)
• sure
• hardened
• earnest
• certain
• vehement
• willful
• stubborn
• bitter
• steady
• unswerving
• dogged
• cocksure
• unhesitating
• unwavering
• unfaltering
• tenacious
• implacable
• obdurate
• immovable
• pigheaded
• headstrong
• adamantine
• unbending
• pertinacious
• unrelenting
• uncompromising
• hardheaded
• hard
• rigid
• mulish
• unyielding
• inflexible
• perverse
• self-willed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unresolved
• undetermined
• hesitant
• uncertain
• faltering
• indecisive
• irresolute
• doubtful
• unsure
• suspicious
• unsettled
• skeptical
• unconvinced
• undecided
• reluctant
• dubious
• distrustful
• wavering
• vacillating
• mistrustful
• loath
• weak-kneed
• indisposed
• disinclined

resolved

2 of 2

verb

past tense of resolve

1

as in figured

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• figured
• decided
• chose
• opted
• determined
• found
• settled (on or upon)
• concluded
• ruled
• named
• selected
• elected
• decreed
• picked
• adjudicated
• preferred
• adjudged
• culled
• debated
• arbitrated
• pondered
• contemplated
• ruled (on)
• studied
• considered
• weighed
• judged
• deliberated
• thought (about or over)
• entertained
• singled (out)
• handpicked
• ruminated
• cogitated
• questioned
• refereed
• meditated
• chewed over
• umpired
• mulled (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• rejected
• declined
• turned down
• abstained
• delayed
• halted
• stalled
• hesitated
• temporized
• wavered
• vacillated
• waffled
• shilly-shallied

2

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning

resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solved
• answered
• unraveled
• worked
• worked out
• figured out
• concluded
• deciphered
• cracked
• decided
• riddled (out)
• doped (out)
• puzzled (out)
• deduced
• gathered
• unriddled
• broke
• reasoned
• judged
• inferred
• presumed
• guessed
• assumed
• cleared (up)
• ironed out
• straightened (out)
• untied
• speculated
• conjectured
• divined
• untangled
• decoded
• unscrambled

3

as in divided

to set or force apart

a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• divided
• separated
• disconnected
• split
• severed
• divorced
• isolated
• disassociated
• parted
• dissociated
• pulled
• decoupled
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissected
• detached
• uncoupled
• decomposed
• broke up
• dissolved
• subdivided
• ramified
• disunited
• disjointed
• unlinked
• dissevered
• disintegrated
• partitioned
• unyoked
• cleaved
• disassembled
• fragmented
• unraveled
• bifurcated
• bisected
• broke down
• halved
• ripped
• fractionated
• fractured
• segregated
• segmented
• dichotomized
• quartered
• broke
• fragmentated
• tore
• ruptured
• disentangled
• cut off
• fragmentized
• rent
• sequestered
• disengaged
• insulated
• trisected
• fractionalized
• rived
• untied
• rifted
• secluded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linked
• joined
• united
• associated
• combined
• unified
• assembled
• connected
• mixed
• blended
• mingled
• bound
• coupled
• attached
• closed
• stuck
• accumulated
• fused
• cemented
• welded
• fastened
• knit
• agglutinated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resolved

Adjective

Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory. —Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026

One quick concluding note: Like Bad Sisters, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has what feels to me like a pretty resolved (and effective) ending, especially given the amount of time Saoirse spends in the finale talking about the difficulties of writing endings for TV. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026

What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved. —Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025

This breakthrough achievement, called super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, exploited the properties of evanescent waves and made single-molecule microscopy possible. —IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2025

Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated. —Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

Verb

The settlement that was reached resolved the allegations against UConn, its police department, state police and the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026

The oversight ended in 2014, when the DOJ said the department had effectively resolved many of the unconstitutional practices that prompted federal intervention. —Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026

There is no clear timeline for when it will be resolved, adding to the community's frustration. —Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026

In posts on social media and while taking questions from the press, the president hinted that the war with Iran will not be resolved soon. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026

Whatever the case, it eventually got resolved. —Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026

Murphy expects investor interest in aerospace and defense stocks to persist long after the Iran war is resolved. —Jill Schneider,stephanie Landsman, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026

Then with Christos Mantoulidis and Felix Schulze, Chodosh resolved a key problem in the geometric analysis of minimal surfaces, such as a soap film spanning a wire loop. —Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026

In these cases resolved by accord and satisfaction, if the prosecution were to object and go against the victim’s wishes, the government would not have a cooperating witness. —Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026