Synonyms for mystery
ˈmɪs tə ri, -trimys·te·ry

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1. mysterynoun

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2. mysterynoun

   Something secret or unexplainable; unknown.

   The truth behind the events remains a mystery.

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3. mysterynoun

   Someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature.

   That man is a mystery.

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4. mysterynoun

   A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.

   The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.

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1. mystery

   Synonyms:
   cloud, cloudiness, concealment, hiding, obscuration, shrouding, veiling

   Antonyms:
   apocalypse, disclosure, manifestation, revelation

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1. mystery

   Synonyms:
   enigma, puzzle, obscurity, secrecy, veil, shroud, arcanum

   Antonyms:
   publication, solution, commonplace, truism, matter-of-fact

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1. mystery, enigma, secret, closed booknoun

   something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

   "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

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   arcanum, brain-teaser, whodunit, conundrum, riddle, secret, closed book, enigma, mystery story

2. mystery, mystery story, whodunitnoun

   a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

   Synonyms:
   enigma, secret, closed book, whodunit, mystery story

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1. mysterynoun

   Synonyms:
   secret, enigma, riddle

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1. mysterynoun

   Synonyms:
   secret, enigma, riddle, intricacy, arcanum

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1. List of paraphrases for "mystery":

   mysterious, mystère, riddle, enigma, puzzle, ambiguity, secret, vagueness, mystique, conundrum, obscurity, secrecy

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1. Prez Garca:

   The reason why Laurasichersis survived the great extinction, while none of the other primitive North American, European or Asian land turtles managed to do so, remains a mystery.

2. Elsa Barker:

   The solving of almost every crime mystery depends on something which seems, at the first glance, to bear no relation whatever to the original crime.

3. Bob Buehner:

   It didn't seem like there was any overall game plan that made sense in terms of a systematic investigation, one of the things I'd asked them to do from the first couple weeks is now impossible to do -- to do a hotel-motel canvas looking for the mystery woman seen with Ray and then match the names with photo IDs which police have access to.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   Life can only happen between the past i.e. the history and the future i.e. the mystery. Both these are non-existential, thus insignificant. Between history and mystery lies now, let it be capitalized, seed your life every moment and get Mickeymized.

5. Duncan Hunter:

   The fact that there's not a single living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the war in Iraq is a mystery, there are countless examples of extreme valor during intense, close-quarter combat, but for some reason, starting with the (George W.) Bush administration, there was a concerted effort to not recognize acts of courage with the Medal of Honor.