| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
Synonyms: |
abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
Antonyms: |
known, understanding |
| Main Entry: | conundrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle |
Synonyms: |
brain-teaser, closed book, enigma, mystery, mystification, poser, problem, puzzlement, riddle, why* |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, question |
Synonyms: |
brainteaser, bugaboo, cliff-hanger, conundrum, enigma, example, grabber, illustration, intricacy, mind-boggler, mystery, poser, puzzler, query, riddle, sixty-four thousand dollar question, stickler, stumper, teaser, twister |
Antonyms: |
solution |
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | controversy, doubt |
Synonyms: |
argument, challenge, confusion, contention, debate, demur, demurral, difficulty, dispute, dubiety, enigma, misgiving, mystery, objection, problem, protest, puzzle, query, remonstrance, remonstration, uncertainty |
| 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: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain-teaser |
Synonyms: |
bewilderment, brain-twister, charade, closed book, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, knotty question, labyrinth, maze, mind-boggler, mystery, mystification, perplexity, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, question, rebus, sixty-four dollar question, stickler, strait, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition, twister |
| Main Entry: | romance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, flight of fancy |
Synonyms: |
charm, color, excitement, exoticness, fairy tale, fancy, fantasy, fascination, glamour, hazard, idealization, idyll, mystery, nostalgia, risk, sentiment, venture |
| Main Entry: | secrecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concealment |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, openness, publicity, revelation |
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something kept hidden, unrevealed |
Synonyms: |
cipher, classified information, code, confidence, confidential information, enigma, formula, key, magic number, mystery, occult, oracle, password, privileged information, puzzle, skeleton in cupboard, unknown |
Antonyms: |
known, public knowledge, revelation |
| Main Entry: | stickler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle |
Synonyms: |
enigma, mystery, paradox, riddle, stumper, teaser, twister |