What is another word for enigma?
294 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛnˈɪɡmə], [ ɛnˈɪɡmə], [ ɛ_n_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ə]
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Similar words for enigma:
- ambiguity (noun)
- brain-teaser (noun)
- conundrum (noun)
- mystery (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- paradox (noun)
- problem (noun)
- question (noun)
- riddle (noun)
- secret (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Enigma:
n.
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- thing,
- uncertainty.
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- show.
- in conclusiveness,
- in-conclusiveness,
- un-certainties,
- in determinateness,
- un certainties,
- in-certitude,
- in-determinatenesses,
- double-entendres,
- in certitudes,
- un certainty,
- in certitude,
- in conclusivenesses,
- in-definiteness,
- inconclusivenesses,
- in-definitenesses,
- in-determinateness,
- in-conclusivenesses,
- un-clearness,
- in definiteness,
- un-clearnesses,
- in determinatenesses,
- in definitenesses,
- indeterminatenesses,
- doubleentendres,
- doubleentendre,
- un clearnesses,
- polysemies,
- double meanings,
- un-certainty,
- in-certitudes,
- polysemousnesses,
- un clearness,
- equivocacies.
- knot,
- parable,
- cliffhanger,
- mystification,
- crux,
- Gordian Knot,
- puzzlement,
- bewilderment,
- mind-twister,
- cryptogram,
- question mark,
- sticker,
- why.
- teasers,
- double-entendre,
- equivocality,
- stumpers,
- nonsense,
- polysemy,
- puzzler,
- mystery,
- secret,
- cliff-hanger,
- Equivocacy,
- rebus,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- tough nut to crack,
- question,
- brainteaser,
- paradox,
- Uncertainties,
- brain-teasers,
- teaser,
- inscrutability,
- poser,
- grabbers,
- closed book,
- whodunit,
- occults,
- brainteasers,
- Inscrutableness,
- brain-twister,
- brain-teaser,
- Rebuses,
- inconclusiveness,
- thrillers,
- runes,
- conundrum,
- polysemousness,
- grabber,
- labyrinth,
- thriller,
- sphinx,
- whodunits,
- ambiguity,
- mind-boggler,
- stumper,
- sixty-four thousand dollar question,
- rune,
- knotty question,
- tough proposition,
- stickler,
- perplexity,
- indeterminateness,
- sphinxes,
- problem,
- chillers,
- abstruseness,
- mindboggler,
- double meaning,
- subtlety,
- braintwister.
- catch22's,
- in-consistency,
- catch22,
- mis take,
- re-verse,
- catch 22,
- mis-take,
- non senses,
- non-sense,
- non sense,
- re verse,
- in consistencies,
- in-consistencies,
- mis-takes,
- catch 22's,
- mis takes,
- catch-22's,
- non-senses,
- in consistency.
- cliff hangers,
- cliff-hangers,
- sixty-four thousand dollar questions,
- mind boggler,
- ex-ample,
- sixtyfour thousand dollar question,
- cliff hanger,
- mind bogglers,
- sixtyfour thousand dollar questions,
- mind-bogglers,
- ex ample.
- brain twister,
- sixty-four dollar questions,
- brain twisters,
- knotty questions,
- dis tractions,
- be-wilderment,
- be wilderments,
- brain-twisters,
- be wilderment,
- sixtyfour dollar questions,
- dis-tractions,
- be-wilderments,
- tough propositions,
- dis traction,
- sixty four dollar questions,
- sixty four dollar question,
- dis-traction,
- sixtyfour dollar question.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- dark horse,
- imponderable,
- will-o'-the-wisp,
- stranger,
- obscurity,
- crapshoot,
- blind spot,
- the twilight zone,
- the outside world,
- unknown quantity,
- mist.
- disconcert,
- quodlibet,
- disconcertment,
- query,
- marvellous,
- rare,
- fix,
- mysterious,
- worry,
- trouble,
- frontier,
- quandary,
- curious,
- magician,
- crossword puzzle,
- baffle,
- incongruity,
- quiz,
- terra incognita,
- mystery story,
- abnormal,
- discomposure,
- Pons Asinorum,
- queer,
- unexplored territory,
- upset,
- amazing,
- complication,
- open question,
- scrape,
- oxymoron,
- stew,
- disconcertedness,
- occult,
- pother,
- excellent,
- freemasonry,
- anagram,
- miraculous,
- cabala,
- disconcertion,
- perturbation,
- Self-contradiction,
- nodus,
- matter,
- predicament,
- confidence,
- baffling,
- desideratum,
- plight,
- mystique,
- disturbance,
- surprising,
- odd,
- absurdity,
- MATTER IN DISPUTE,
- issue,
- striking,
- Mysteriousness,
- Enigmas,
- jam,
- charade,
- crossword,
- node,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- monogram,
- proverb,
- moot point,
- peculiar,
- hermetics,
- confidential communication,
- nonplus,
- Privity,
- Floorer,
- confusion,
- field of inquiry,
- wonderful,
- discord,
- bafflement,
- difficulty,
- vexed question,
- embarrassment,
- pickle,
- perplexing,
- Logogriph,
- Porism,
- marvelous,
- strange,
- Steganography,
- classified information,
- esoterica,
- arcanum,
- bother,
- screen,
- uncommon,
- bone of contention,
- confoundment,
- unusual,
- baffling problem,
- weird,
- privileged communication,
- adage,
- baffling mystery,
- contradiction,
- inconsistency,
- dilemma,
- bizarre.
How to use "Enigma" in context?
The word "enigma" has multiple meanings. Literally, it is a puzzle with a hidden solution. More generally, it can be a puzzling or mysterious matter, or a person or thing that confuses or intrigues us. It is also used to refer to any phenomenon, object, or situation that is difficult to understand or explain.
There is a fascinating history to the word "enigma." It originates from the ancient Greek word enigma, which referred to a machine used in puzzles and calculatory exercises. In modern use, "enigma" has come to refer to any mystery or puzzle, whether physical or mental.
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