🔄 Synonyms of "Conundrum"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| brain-teasernoun | A complex riddle or puzzle. |
| enigmanoun | Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable. |
| riddlenoun | A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| riddlenoun | A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. |
| brain-teasernoun | A complex riddle or puzzle. |
| enigmanoun | Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable. |
| quandarynoun | A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement. |
| puzzlenoun | (countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma. |
| dilemmanoun | A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. |
| predicamentnoun | An unfortunate or trying position or condition. |
| mysterynoun | Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. |
| trade-offnoun | Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased. |
| problemnoun | A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. |
| secretnoun | (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. |
| questionnoun | A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative. |
| questionernoun | A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry. |
| atenoun | A respectful title or form of address for an older woman. |
| cluenoun | Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. |
| headachenoun | (medicine) A pain or ache in the head. |
| cruxnoun | The basic, central, or essential point or feature. |
| cryptic | Having hidden (unapparent) meaning. |
| carwitchetnoun | Alternative form of carriwitchet. [(rare) An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness.] |
| cryptic crosswordnoun | A type of crossword involving wordplay and misleading definitions. |
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