| Main Entry: | puzzlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daze |
Synonyms: |
befuddlement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, discombobulation, distraction, fog*, gauze, glaze, haze, lala-land, maze, muddle, muddledness, mystification, nadaville, narcosis, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, stupor, trance |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorientation |
Synonyms: |
abashing, abashment, addling, agitation, befuddlement, befuddling, bemusement, bewilderment, blurring, chagrin, cluttering, commotion, confounding, demoralization, disarranging, discomfiting, discomfiture, disorientation, distraction, disturbing, dither, dumbfounding, embarrassing, embarrassment, embroiling, flap, fluster, lather, mixup mystification, obscuring, perplexing, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puzzlement, stew, stirring up, tangling, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unsettling, upsetting |
Antonyms: |
clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense |
| Main Entry: | conundrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle |
Synonyms: |
brain-teaser, closed book, enigma, mystery, mystification, poser, problem, puzzlement, riddle, why* |
| Main Entry: | enigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mystery |
Synonyms: |
Gordian knot, bewilderment, cliffhanger, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, grabber, knot*, mind-boggler, mind-twister, mystification, parable, perplexity, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, question, question mark, riddle, secret, sixty-four dollar question, sphinx, sticker, stickler, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, twister, why* |
| 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: | 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: | uncertainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt, changeableness |
Synonyms: |
ambiguity, ambivalence, anxiety, bewilderment, concern, confusion, conjecture, contingency, dilemma, disquiet, distrust, doubtfulness, dubiety, guesswork, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresolution, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, mystification, oscillation, perplexity, puzzle, puzzlement, qualm, quandary, query, questionableness, reserve, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, trouble, uneasiness, unpredictability, vagueness, wonder, worry |
Antonyms: |
certainty, definiteness, security, sureness |
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
Synonyms: |
admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, concern, confusion, consternation, curiosity, doubt, fascination, fear, incredulity, jar, jolt, marveling, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, reverence, shock, skepticism, start, stupefaction, stupor, surprise, suspicion, uncertainty, wondering, wonderment |
Antonyms: |
expectation |
| Main Entry: | befuddlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daze |
Synonyms: |
bafflement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, confusion, discombobulation, fog, obfuscation, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, stupor |
| Main Entry: | bemusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion |
Synonyms: |
bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderedness, puzzlement |