figure out
Puzzle it through
To figure out is to solve, understand, or discover something through thinking: I can't figure out how to open this.
The phrase implies working through confusion or complexity to reach clarity.
You figure out a puzzle, a person's motives, or what went wrong.
We'll figure it out expresses confidence that a solution will emerge.
Answer or liquid mixture
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- decipherConvert code to plaintext
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
deduce · resolve · untangle · answer · diagnose · tackle · remedy · fix
solution
Answer or liquid mixture
puzzle · deduce · resolve · untangle · answer · diagnose · tackle · remedy · fix · overcome
grasp
Seize or understand
- comprehendTo fully understand
- realizeBecome aware of
- fathomNautical depth unit
discern · perceive · get · see · follow · make sense of · click · dawn on · register · absorb
find
Locate through effort
recognize · notice · reveal · expose · unearth · stumble upon · come across · pinpoint · locate · establish
- catch oncatch on, realize, understand, cotton on, twig
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- math expressionsdo the math, add up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, uncovering
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
figure outmisunderstand
Grasp incorrectly
miss the point · draw a blank · get wrong · wonder · hit a wall
figure outwing it
Act without preparation
guess · assume · speculate · take a stab
figure, out, figures, figured, figuring, configuration, configure, figurehead, prefigure