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| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; bad situation |
| Synonyms: | box*, can of worms*, complication, count*, crunch*, dilemma, disagreement, dispute, doubt, headache*, hitch*, hot water, issue, mess*, obstacle, pickle*, predicament, quandary, question, scrape*, squeeze*, trouble, botheration, disputed point, point at issue, worriment |
| Antonyms: | solution, good situation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache*, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache*, irritant, irritation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, pother*, pressure, problem, strain, to-do*, trial, trouble, vexation, worry, botheration, molestation, perplexity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | aid, convenience, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer glitch |
| Synonyms: | breakdown, defect, error, failure, fault, flaw, hitch, problem, trouble, computer malfunction, something wrong |
| Notes: | a bug is a particular kind of insect, specifically belonging to the order Hemiptera (tough leathery forewings attached to the body - like ladybugs, beetles) while insects generally belong to the class Insecta, which have bodies in three segments, usually two pairs or wings and three pairs of legs (like bees, mosquitoes); spiders are not technically insects because they have four pairs of legs insect (from Latin animal insectum) literally meant 'divided animal' or 'cut up or into' from the segments of its body (head, thorax, abdomen) - the common word being 'bug'; insect is any of an extremely large group of small invertebrate animals - and most undergo metamorphosis while bug denotes a special group of insects with beaklike sucking mouth parts and partly membranous forewings |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
| Synonyms: | affair, assignment, duty, function, hanky-panky*, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic, beeswax, carrying on, goings-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | can of worms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicated situation |
| Synonyms: | Gordian knot, Pandora's box, Pandora's box, complex problem, complexity, complication, difficult situation, difficulty, dog's breakfast, entanglement, hard nut to crack, headache, hornet's nest, hot water, hot water, mare's nest, mess, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, snafu, snake pit, snarl, trouble, troublesome problem, unpredictable situation |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, conditions |
| Synonyms: | context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status |
| Main Entry: | complication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, complexity, confusion, development, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, embarrassment, entanglement, factor, intricacy, obstacle, problem, snag, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, peace, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illness |
| Synonyms: | affection, ailment, complaint, disease, ill, infirmity, malady, predicament, problem, syndrome, temper, weakness |
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concern; something mentally examined |
| Synonyms: | development, difficulty, emergency, estate, evidence, exigency, extent, factor, fancy, idea, incident, issue, judgment, magnitude, minutiae, notion, occasion, occurrence, plan, point, problem, proposal, puzzle, scope, situation, state, thought, trouble, items, particulars, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | omission |
| 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: | crunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial point |
| Synonyms: | crisis, critical point, crux, difficulty, emergency, moment of truth*, problem, test, trouble, hour of decision, trying time |
| Antonyms: | trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, detention, downtime*, filibuster, hindrance, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, remission, reprieve, setback, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, wait, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, discontinuation, hangup, hold-up, holding, lingering, logjam, loitering, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, retardation, retardment, showstopper, tarrying, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hurry, rush, speed, hastening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilemma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crisis |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bind*, box*, corner, difficulty, embarrassment, fix, hole, hooker*, impasse, jam, mess, mire, pickle*, plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, double bind, perplexity, tight corner |
| Antonyms: | miracle, solution, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disadvantage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, trouble |
| Synonyms: | bar, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block*, weakness, adverse circumstance, blocking, discommodity, fly in the ointment, inutility, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith, conviction; questioning |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, faithlessness, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, misgiving, mistrust, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering, agnosticism, demurral, dubiousness, faltering, irresolution, lack of confidence, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | belief, certainty, confidence, faith, reliance, trust, dependence |
| Main Entry: | downside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a negative aspect of a situation |
| Synonyms: | defect, disadvantage, drawback, fault, flaw, inconvenience, minus, problem, trouble |
| 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: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, effort |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, constitutional*, daily dozen*, discharge, discipline, drill, examination, exertion, labor, lesson, movement, occupation, operation, performance, problem, pursuit, recitation, study, task, test, theme, toil, training, workout, calisthenics, drilling, exercising, gym, schoolwork, warm-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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