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| Main Entry: | poser |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | pretender |
| Synonyms: | hypocrite, mimic, pretender, imposter, poseur |
| Notes: | a poser is someone who sets test or exam questions or a difficult or perplexing question or problem; a poseur is a person who adopts an affected style or demeanor |
| Main Entry: | poser |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | mystery |
| Synonyms: | conundrum, enigma, problem, puzzle, question, riddle, perplexity |
| 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: | hypocrite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who pretends, is deceitful |
| Synonyms: | Pharisee, actor, attitudinizer, backslider, bigot, bluffer, casuist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, four-flusher, fraud, hook*, humbug, impostor, informer, lip server, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, phony, playactor, poser, pretender, quack*, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-face, two-timer, wolf in sheep's clothing |
* = 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: | 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: | leading question |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestive question |
| Synonyms: | clue, feeler, hint, leader, poser, prompt, reminder, suggest, trial balloon, fishing question, indirect question, prompting, stumper, trick question |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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