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Synonyms for puzzle
ˈpʌz əlpuz·zle
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Wiktionary
puzzlenoun
Synonyms:
riddle, guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, brain-teaser, jigsaw, enigma, conundrum, crossword, anyones guess, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, mysterypuzzlenoun
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
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brain-teaser, guessing game, conundrum, anyones guess, enigma, mystery, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, crossword, riddle, poser, jigsaw, crossword puzzlepuzzlenoun
A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
Synonyms:
anyones guess, crossword, jigsaw, crossword puzzle, mystery, guessing game, brain-teaser, riddle, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, enigma, poser, conundrumpuzzlenoun
A crossword puzzle.
Synonyms:
guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, enigma, anyones guess, anybodys guess, brain-teaser, conundrum, mystery, riddle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle, crosswordpuzzlenoun
A jigsaw puzzle.
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enigma, jigsaw puzzle, jigsaw, riddle, mystery, anyones guess, crossword puzzle, poser, conundrum, brain-teaser, anybodys guess, guessing game, crosswordpuzzlenoun
A riddle.
Synonyms:
anyones guess, conundrum, anybodys guess, poser, riddle, guessing game, jigsaw, enigma, mystery, brain-teaser, jigsaw puzzle, crossword puzzle, crossword
English Synonyms and Antonyms
puzzlenoun
Conundrum, a word of unknown origin, signifies some question or statement in which some hidden and fanciful resemblance is involved, the answer often depending upon a pun; an enigma is a dark saying; a paradox is a true statement that at first appears absurd or contradictory; a problem is something thrown out for solution; puzzle (from oppose) referred originally to the intricate arguments by which disputants opposed each other in the old philosophic schools. The riddle is an ambiguous or paradoxical statement with a hidden meaning to be guessed by the mental acuteness of the one to whom it is proposed; the riddle is not so petty as the conundrum, and may require much acuteness for its answer; a problem may require simply study and scholarship, as a problem in mathematics; a puzzle may be in something other than verbal statement, as a dissected map or any perplexing mechanical contrivance. Both enigma and puzzle may be applied to any matter difficult of answer or solution, enigma conveying an idea of greater dignity, puzzle applying to something more commonplace and mechanical; there are many dark enigmas in human life and in the course of providence; the location of a missing object is often a puzzle.
Synonyms:
conundrum, enigma, paradox, problem, riddleAntonyms:
answer, axiom, explanation, proposition, solution
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
puzzleverb
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pose, perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, mystify, confusepuzzlenoun
Synonyms:
embarrassment, be wilderment, enigma, confusion, conundrum, intricacy, labyrinthAntonyms:
disentanglement, solution, explanation, extrication, clue
Princeton's WordNet
puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teasernoun
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
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teaser, mystifier, tease, tormentor, tormenter, puzzler, vexer, annoyerpuzzleverb
a game that tests your ingenuity
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
Synonyms:
drum, lay, take, cause, receive, get at, outfox, wash up, foil, start, besot, father, experience, mystify, pound, rile, stun, have, become, sustain, stay, put, scram, regulate, drive, start out, amaze, stimulate, sire, model, devil, cohere, sting, engender, get to, cleave, go, fix, scotch, pay back, annoy, stick, suffer, beat up, beat, set about, trounce, get down, thrum, incur, posture, stick by, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, stick around, set out, agitate, flap, rag, crush, arrest, stick to, develop, outwit, throw, bring, bewilder, nettle, irritate, mother, set, personate, stir up, lodge, quiver, buzz off, catch, present, scramble, wedge, shake up, make, beget, flummox, stand by, thump, cross, get, generate, bind, complicate, nark, find, outsmart, deposit, cling, obtain, vex, worry, pose, adhere, capture, position, aim, induce, ticktack, spoil, perplex, work over, tucker out, raise up, bother, bunk, gravel, begin, disturb, impersonate, fetch, discombobulate, circumvent, let, get under one's skin, frustrate, sit, astound, arrive, tick, produce, pulsate, convey, thwart, bond, acquire, come, bemuse, tucker, commove, pay off, bilk, astonish, ticktock, bugger off, beat out, hold fast, chafe, vanquish, shell, stay put, place, nonplus, commence, bafflepuzzleverb
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
"We puzzled over her sudden departure"
Synonyms:
bewilder, get, perplex, stupefy, dumbfound, gravel, baffle, stick, vex, nonplus, pose, amaze, beat, flummox, mystify
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How to use puzzle in a sentence?
This all under the guise of those very, very damaging social media searches that really was that blueprint of his actions, according to prosecutors, this really put the puzzle together to show the story, which is what was needed in a circumstantial evidence case to establish probable cause.
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Government Accountability Josh Archambault:
It’s too early to tell if this will happen—there are too many moving parts, of course, we should be able to assess how different policies will affect different age groups, but you’ve got to look at the entire puzzle here, not just one piece.
We're losing more people than we're bringing into the industry, people made decisions in their lives to leave the region and the industry [ during the pandemic ]. It was like putting a puzzle back together to restart where we literally called a timeout.
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[Bear] and Rachel are both very healthy and recovering well and are resting, as far as the name announcement goes, we designed a puzzle to send to our family members as a fun way to announce his name and to keep us all connected duringquarantine.
Translations for puzzle
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- معضلة, بازل, أحجية, لغزArabic
- йомаҡ, башватҡысBashkir
- галаваломкаBelarusian
- главоблъсканицаBulgarian
- záhada, hlavolam, hádankaCzech
- gådeDanish
- verwirren, Geduldsspiel, Puzzle, Geduldspiel, [[durcheinander]] [[bringen]], RätselGerman
- enigmoEsperanto
- intrigar, puzle, dejar perplejo, rompecabezas, desconcertar, enigmaSpanish
- معماPersian
- pähkinä, pulma, askarruttaa, tehtävä, arvoitusFinnish
- casse-tête, mystère, puzzle, devinette, jeu de patience, énigmeFrench
- dubh-fhacalScottish Gaelic
- kirakós játék, rejtvényHungarian
- púslIcelandic
- mistero, rompicapo, puzzle, indovinelloItalian
- חִידָהHebrew
- 判じ物, パズル, 謎Japanese
- ಒಗಟುKannada
- 수수께끼Korean
- puzzleLatin
- whakapōkaikaha, whakapōkīkī, pangaMāori
- гатанка, загаткаMacedonian
- teka-tekiMalay
- puzzel, raadsel, hersenbreker, mysterie, verwarren, verbijsteren, in de war brengenDutch
- puslespillNorwegian
- łamigłówka, rebus, zagadkaPolish
- charada, confundir, desconcertar, enigma, intrigar, desafioPortuguese
- головоломка, затруднение, ребус, загадка, пазлRussian
- загонетка, zȁgonētka, smȅsti, zbúnitiSerbo-Croatian
- hlavolam, hádankaSlovak
- ugankaSlovene
- pussel, gåta, huvudbrySwedish
- புதிர்Tamil
- bulmacaTurkish
- головоломка, загадка, пазлUkrainian
- câu đốVietnamese
- 难题Chinese
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