Definition for Paradox:

• That which is contrary to received opinion, or that which is apparently absurd but really true.

Synonyms for Paradox:

• n.

  •
  • mystery,
  • occasion,
  • ambiguity.
  •
  • allegation,
  • avowal,
  • announcement,
  • apology,
  • assurance,
  • apologia,
  • affirmation,
  • error,
  • attestation,
  • mistake,
  • accusation,
  • assertion.
  •absurdity (noun)
  • baloney,
  • bizarreness,
  • ludicrousness,
  • outlandishness,
  • irrationality,
  • incongruity,
  • idiocy,
  • preposterousness,
  • nonsense,
  • inanity,
  • meaninglessness,
  • implausibility,
  • anachronism,
  • silliness,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • folly,
  • eccentricity,
  • impossibility,
  • absurdity,
  • foolishness,
  • contradiction,
  • balderdash,
  • craziness,
  • farce.
  •catch-22 (noun)
  • loselose,
  • lose loses,
  • catch 22,
  • lose lose,
  • lose-loses,
  • loseloses,
  • catch22.
  •communication (noun)
  • paradox.
  •contradiction, puzzle (noun)
  • catch,
  • anomaly,
  • oddity,
  • catch-22,
  • reverse.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • laboriousness,
  • arduousness,
  • strenuousness,
  • tribulation,
  • quandary,
  • painfulness.
  •fallacy (noun)
  • in-validities,
  • quibblings,
  • in-validity,
  • misconstruals,
  • mis calculation,
  • mis take,
  • mis interpretation,
  • pre conception,
  • mis-calculation,
  • mis-calculations,
  • in validity,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • un-truths,
  • in exactness,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • in exactnesses,
  • mis-takes,
  • mis takes,
  • un-truth,
  • mis-interpretation,
  • inexactnesses,
  • mis-take,
  • mis apprehension,
  • pre-conception,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • un truth,
  • pre conceptions,
  • in validities,
  • un truths,
  • deceptivenesses,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • in-exactnesses,
  • mis-interpretations,
  • non sequiturs,
  • in-exactness,
  • mis calculations,
  • faultinesses,
  • mis interpretations.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • synecdoche,
  • aposiopesis,
  • oxymora,
  • adumbration,
  • metonymies,
  • manner of speaking,
  • Tropology,
  • apostrophe,
  • alliteration,
  • ellipsis,
  • apostrophes,
  • litotes,
  • turn of phrase,
  • malapropism,
  • Asyndeton,
  • oxymoron,
  • malapropisms,
  • antistrophe,
  • Ellipses,
  • echoism,
  • metonymy,
  • trope,
  • way of speaking,
  • alliterations,
  • communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
  • onomatopoeia,
  • tropes,
  • anaphora,
  • onomatopoeias,
  • proteron.
  •phenomenon (noun)
  • one for books,
  • rarae aves,
  • something elses,
  • one for book.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • curiosity,
  • dynamite,
  • conversation piece,
  • red-letter day,
  • curio,
  • apparition,
  • number,
  • tableau,
  • happening,
  • exception,
  • spectacle,
  • sensation,
  • drama,
  • lulu,
  • aberration,
  • fringe,
  • goings on,
  • doozy,
  • carryings-on,
  • cheap thrill,
  • novelty.
  •
  • freak.

Paraphrases for Paradox:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discrepancy, inconsistency, contradictory, dilemma.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    contradiction, irony, absurdity.

Antonyms for Paradox:

• n.

  • contradiction, puzzle
    correction, standard, same, truth, regularity, accuracy, certainty, understanding, usualness, normality, success.
  • Other antonyms:
    axiom, answer, explanation, solution, proposition.

Paradox Sentence Examples:

• What a paradox is man!

• Lastly, then, in the Paradox of Love, the Church holds both these passions, at full blast, both at once.

Hyponym for Paradox:

• n.

  • communication
    contradiction, contradiction in terms.