Synonyms for puzzle
ˈpʌz əlpuz·zle

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1. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   riddle, guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, brain-teaser, jigsaw, enigma, conundrum, crossword, anyones guess, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, mystery

2. puzzlenoun

   Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

   Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.

   Synonyms:
   brain-teaser, guessing game, conundrum, anyones guess, enigma, mystery, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, crossword, riddle, poser, jigsaw, crossword puzzle

3. puzzlenoun

   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, conundrum

4. puzzlenoun

   A crossword puzzle.

   Synonyms:
   guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, enigma, anyones guess, anybodys guess, brain-teaser, conundrum, mystery, riddle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle, crossword

5. puzzlenoun

   A jigsaw puzzle.

   Synonyms:
   enigma, jigsaw puzzle, jigsaw, riddle, mystery, anyones guess, crossword puzzle, poser, conundrum, brain-teaser, anybodys guess, guessing game, crossword

6. puzzlenoun

   A riddle.

   Synonyms:
   anyones guess, conundrum, anybodys guess, poser, riddle, guessing game, jigsaw, enigma, mystery, brain-teaser, jigsaw puzzle, crossword puzzle, crossword

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1. 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, riddle

   Antonyms:
   answer, axiom, explanation, proposition, solution

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1. puzzleverb

   Synonyms:
   pose, perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, mystify, confuse

   Antonyms:
   enlighten, instruct, illumine

2. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   embarrassment, be wilderment, enigma, confusion, conundrum, intricacy, labyrinth

   Antonyms:
   disentanglement, solution, explanation, extrication, clue

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   teaser, mystifier, tease, tormentor, tormenter, puzzler, vexer, annoyer

2. puzzleverb

   a game that tests your ingenuity

   Synonyms:
   mystifier, teaser, puzzler

3. 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, baffle

4. puzzleverb

   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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1. puzzleverb

   Synonyms:
   perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify

2. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point

3. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus

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1. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   enigma, conundrum, intricacy, maze, crux, riddle, rebus, poser, confusion, quandary, perplexity, nonplus, bewilderment

2. puzzleverb

   Synonyms:
   mystify, pose, nonplus, perplex, bewilder, confuse

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1. List of paraphrases for "puzzle":

   jigsaw, riddle, enigma, puzzles, conundrum, mystery, headache, patchwork, mosaic

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1. Rajkumar Dasgupta:

   Perfect sleep is like having a puzzle, and you need all the right pieces, people who have insomnia, they're missing one of those sleep hygiene pieces. When you make your recommendation, like a muscle relaxation, maybe that's not the thing that they were missing. Maybe sound wasn't the key part. Maybe you need more of that weighted blanket.

2. Scott Bolton:

   Just when we think we have things figured out, Jupiter reminds us how much we still have to learn, junos surprise discovery that the atmosphere was not well mixed even well below the cloud tops is a puzzle that we are still trying to figure out. No one would have guessed that water might be so variable across the planet.

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4. Jim Schmidt:

   You say she’s the love of your life. She’s missing. You were on a trip with her, but you haveno comment. You have nothing to say and you’re hiding behind an attorney, i understand the constitutional rights that people have, but you have pieces to this puzzle thatwe need to find Gabby and you’re withholding them from us.

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