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| Main Entry: | enigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mystery |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, cliffhanger, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, knot*, parable, problem, puzzle, question, riddle, secret, stickler, twister, why*, Gordian knot, grabber, mind-boggler, mind-twister, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, puzzler, question mark, sixty-four dollar question, sphinx, sticker, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambiguity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncertainty of meaning |
| Synonyms: | anagram, doubt, dubiety, enigma, equivocation, incertitude, obscurity, puzzle, uncertainty, vagueness, double meaning, double-entendre, doubtfulness, dubiousness, equivocacy, equivocality, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, polysemousness, polysemy, tergiversation, unclearness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, clarity, clearness, lucidity, definiteness, explicitness |
| Main Entry: | conundrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle |
| Synonyms: | enigma, mystery, poser*, problem, riddle, why*, brain-teaser, closed book, mystification, puzzlement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
| Synonyms: | charade, cliffhanger*, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, occult, oracle, poser, problem, question, riddle, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question*, stickler, subtlety, twister, why*, abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, chiller, closed book, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, rebus, rune, sphinx, stumper, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, whodunit |
| Antonyms: | known, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paradox |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction, puzzle |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, absurdity, ambiguity, anomaly, catch, enigma, error, inconsistency, mistake, mystery, nonsense, oddity, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain-teaser |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, charade, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, labyrinth, maze, mystery, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, question, stickler*, strait, twister*, brain-twister, closed book, knotty question, mind-boggler, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, rebus, sixty-four dollar question, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something kept hidden, unrevealed |
| Synonyms: | cipher, classified information, code, confidence, enigma, formula, key, mystery, occult, oracle, password, puzzle, unknown, confidential information, magic number, privileged information, skeleton in cupboard |
| Antonyms: | known, revelation, public knowledge |
| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, question |
| Synonyms: | bugaboo*, conundrum, enigma, example, illustration, intricacy, mystery, poser*, query, riddle, stickler, twister, brainteaser, cliff-hanger, grabber, mind-boggler, puzzler, sixty-four thousand dollar question, stumper, teaser |
| Antonyms: | solution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | controversy, doubt |
| Synonyms: | argument, challenge, confusion, contention, debate, demur, difficulty, dispute, dubiety, enigma, misgiving, mystery, objection, problem, protest, puzzle, query, remonstrance, uncertainty, demurral, remonstration |
| Notes: | a query differs from a question in that it suggests a reservation or disagreement question means to challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; interrogate means to examine closely, aggressively, or formally by posing a series of questions to |
| Antonyms: | concord, harmony |
| Main Entry: | poser |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | mystery |
| Synonyms: | conundrum, enigma, problem, puzzle, question, riddle, perplexity |
| Main Entry: | stickler |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | puzzle |
| Synonyms: | enigma, mystery, paradox, riddle, twister, stumper, teaser |
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