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mystery - 10 thesaurus results
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
Main Entry: conundrum
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: puzzle
Synonyms: enigma, mystery, poser*, problem, riddle, why*, brain-teaser, closed book, mystification, puzzlement
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: 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
Main Entry: secrecy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: concealment
Synonyms: confidence, dark, darkness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, seclusion, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, clandestineness, confidentiality, covertness, furtiveness, retirement, secretiveness, secretness, surreptitiousness
Antonyms: honesty, publicity, revelation, forthrightness, openness
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
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: stickler
Part of Speech: noun2
Definition: puzzle
Synonyms: enigma, mystery, paradox, riddle, twister, stumper, teaser
Main Entry: romance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: adventure, flight of fancy
Synonyms: charm, color, excitement, fairy tale, fancy, fantasy, fascination, glamour, hazard, idealization, mystery, nostalgia, risk, sentiment, venture, exoticness, idyll
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