Synonyms for Dilemma:

• n.

  •
  • nightmare,
  • battle,
  • stress,
  • tragedy,
  • study at predicament,
  • worst-case scenario.
  •
  • bind,
  • corner,
  • easy.
  •bad news (noun)
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-appointments,
  • dis-appointment,
  • dis tress,
  • in-conveniences,
  • dis appointment,
  • bad-news,
  • deep troubles,
  • mis fortunes,
  • dis appointments,
  • in convenience,
  • in conveniences,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • dis-tresses,
  • mis fortune,
  • in-convenience,
  • mis-fortune,
  • dis-tress.
  •bind (noun)
  • between a rock a hard places,
  • between a rock and a hard places,
  • between a rock hard place,
  • between rock and hard places,
  • between a rock and hard places,
  • between rock a hard places,
  • between a rock and hard place,
  • between a rock hard places,
  • between rock a hard place,
  • between rock and a hard places,
  • between rock hard place,
  • sticky situations,
  • between rock and a hard place,
  • between a rock a hard place,
  • tight spots,
  • between rock hard places.
  •case (noun)
  • situations.
  •catch-22 (noun)
  • catch22,
  • catch 22,
  • lose-loses,
  • loselose,
  • lose loses,
  • loseloses,
  • lose lose.
  •cognition (noun)
  • dilemma.
  •crisis (noun)
  • hot potato,
  • impasse,
  • plight,
  • Hooker,
  • perplexity,
  • Exigence,
  • mire,
  • predicament,
  • urgency,
  • Cross-road,
  • big trouble,
  • cross-roads,
  • catch-22,
  • height,
  • tight corner,
  • hour of decision.
  •deadlock (noun)
  • gridlock.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • exigency,
  • arduousness,
  • laboriousness,
  • painfulness,
  • strenuousness,
  • tribulation.
  •dilemma (noun)
  • vicious circle,
  • conflict.
  •doubt (noun)
  • demurral,
  • agnosticism,
  • scruple,
  • scruples,
  • lack of confidence,
  • waverings.
  •embarrassment (noun)
  • disconcertions,
  • mis take,
  • in discretion,
  • egg face,
  • dis composures,
  • dis composure,
  • un-ease,
  • awkward situations,
  • in-discretions,
  • dis-composures,
  • self consciousness,
  • un-easinesses,
  • mis-take,
  • mis takes,
  • un easiness,
  • mis-takes,
  • un-easiness,
  • selfconsciousnesses,
  • in-discretion,
  • un-eases,
  • self consciousnesses,
  • un eases,
  • un ease,
  • in discretions,
  • self-consciousnesses,
  • dis-composure,
  • selfconsciousness.
  •exigency/exigence (noun)
  • demandingnesses,
  • pressingnesses,
  • criticalnesses,
  • needfulnesses,
  • imperativenesses.
  •hang-up (noun)
  • obsession,
  • hang up,
  • hangup.
  •headache (noun)
  • pain neck,
  • head-ache,
  • pain the neck,
  • pain in neck.
  •hornets' nest (noun)
  • hornets nest,
  • hornets'-nest,
  • hornets-nest.
  •hot spot (noun)
  • LS,
  • L.
  •muddle (noun)
  • dis organization,
  • dis-arrays,
  • rats nest,
  • dis order,
  • rat's nests,
  • dis arrangement,
  • rat nest,
  • dis-arrangement,
  • dis-orders,
  • mess and a halves,
  • dis arrays,
  • dis-array,
  • dis arrangements,
  • dis array,
  • dis-order,
  • mess and half,
  • foul-ups,
  • dis organizations,
  • mess halves,
  • foulups,
  • screw ups,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • screw-ups,
  • rat nests,
  • foul ups,
  • mess and halves,
  • dis orders,
  • dis-organization,
  • rats nests,
  • mess a halves,
  • dis-organizations,
  • mess a half.
  •no-win situation (noun)
  • double binds,
  • no win situation,
  • nowin situation.
  •option (noun)
  • flipsides,
  • drutherses,
  • other side coin,
  • take it leave it,
  • take leave it,
  • take or leave it.
  •predicament (noun)
  • ordeal.
  •problem (noun)
  • dis agreement,
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis agreements,
  • can worms,
  • dis-agreement,
  • disputed points,
  • worriments,
  • point issue.
  •quandary (noun)
  • be wilderments,
  • double troubles,
  • be-wilderment,
  • be wilderment,
  • be-wilderments,
  • up a trees,
  • up trees,
  • up tree.
  •riddle (noun)
  • closed books,
  • tough nut crack,
  • sixtyfour dollar questions,
  • dis-tractions,
  • mind boggler,
  • sixtyfour dollar question,
  • sixty four dollar questions,
  • dis traction,
  • mind bogglers,
  • re buses,
  • mind-bogglers,
  • dis tractions,
  • sixty four dollar question,
  • knotty questions,
  • mindbogglers,
  • sixty-four dollar questions,
  • tough propositions,
  • braintwisters,
  • dis-traction,
  • brain twisters,
  • brain twister,
  • re-buses,
  • brain-twisters.
  •strait (noun)
  • choke points.
  •suspense (noun)
  • cloak and daggers,
  • cloak daggers,
  • cloak dagger,
  • cliff-hangers,
  • in-security,
  • cliff hanger,
  • pageturners,
  • in-decisiveness,
  • page turners,
  • cliff hangers,
  • in securities,
  • in-decisivenesses,
  • pageturner,
  • in decisivenesses,
  • page turner,
  • in-securities,
  • page-turners,
  • in decisiveness.
  •trouble (noun)
  • dis cords,
  • dis cord,
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis-contents,
  • dis contents,
  • un rest,
  • dis-cords,
  • un-rest,
  • un-rests,
  • dis-cord,
  • dis content,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis-content,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • dis-satisfactions.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • unpredictability,
  • unpredictabilities,
  • inconclusiveness,
  • Uncertainties,
  • Questionableness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dutch,
  • deep water,
  • alternative,
  • riddle,
  • hot spot.
  •
  • hot water,
  • puzzle,
  • soup,
  • box.
  •accident
  • emergency.
  •disquiet
  • uneasiness.
  •Other relevant words:
  • crux,
  • slew,
  • discretion,
  • choice,
  • disturb,
  • steal,
  • reductio ad absurdum,
  • entanglement,
  • difficult problem,
  • bother,
  • Cooptation,
  • sore straits,
  • dire straits,
  • syllogism,
  • ease,
  • stumbling block,
  • hornet's nest,
  • snarl,
  • estate,
  • complexity,
  • judgment,
  • trial,
  • oxymoron,
  • convolution,
  • Prosyllogism,
  • mood,
  • displace,
  • circumstances,
  • tangle,
  • confusion,
  • condition,
  • mystery,
  • contradiction,
  • lot,
  • cleft stick,
  • distress,
  • squeeze,
  • snafu,
  • dislocate,
  • hitch,
  • discomposure,
  • enigma,
  • bafflement,
  • stew,
  • poser,
  • jackpot,
  • awkwardness,
  • move,
  • sneak,
  • only choice,
  • involvement,
  • err,
  • decision,
  • difficult situation,
  • indetermination,
  • pinch,
  • bewilderment,
  • bind pickle,
  • paradox,
  • appearance,
  • facer,
  • disconcert,
  • mystification,
  • stymie,
  • bad state,
  • screw up,
  • pitfall,
  • imbroglio,
  • crowd,
  • hesitation,
  • meshes,
  • situation,
  • Pons Asinorum,
  • disturbance,
  • absurdity,
  • confoundment,
  • pledge,
  • trim,
  • impediment,
  • state,
  • Gordian Knot,
  • nonplus,
  • net,
  • matter,
  • aspect,
  • in difficulty,
  • hindrance,
  • mode,
  • question,
  • coil,
  • figure,
  • Enthymeme,
  • node,
  • hardship,
  • novation,
  • nodus,
  • rule,
  • upset,
  • cross fire,
  • snooker,
  • intricacy,
  • fear,
  • argumentum ad hominem,
  • pass,
  • Epagoge,
  • incongruity,
  • splay,
  • disconcertedness,
  • crush,
  • volition,
  • drawback,
  • temper,
  • baffle,
  • uproot,
  • delicacy,
  • vexed question,
  • desperate straits,
  • paralogism,
  • perturbation,
  • bad condition,
  • rattrap,
  • snarl-up,
  • kettle of fish,
  • block,
  • no choice,
  • Preoption,
  • stalemate,
  • disconcertment,
  • ambiguity,
  • maze,
  • pother,
  • dislodge,
  • obstacle,
  • puzzlement,
  • modus tollens,
  • vacillation,
  • balls-up,
  • obstruction,
  • can of worms,
  • category,
  • inconsistency,
  • snag,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • position,
  • Sorites,
  • adoption,
  • crunch.

Paraphrases for Dilemma:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    quandary.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    contradiction, challenge, challenges, hardship, trouble, dichotomy, puzzle, issue, paradox.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    predicament, stalemate.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    conundrum, trade-off, difficulty, plight, embarrassment, quagmire, predicament, stalemate, choice, conflict.

Antonyms for Dilemma:

• n.

  • crisis
    benefit, miracle, boon, advantage, good fortune, solution, wonder, success.

Homophones for Dilemma:

• dalmane, Dalai Lama, dylan, dual-lane, delay line, dolman, dwell on, dillenia, doliolum, dateline, dolmen, date line, dotted line, deadline.

Hypernym for Dilemma:

• n.

  • cognition
    double bind.

Hyponym for Dilemma:

• n.

  • cognition
    perplexity.