Definition for Paradox:

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

Synonyms for Paradox:

• n.

  •
  • ambiguity,
  • mystery.
  •
  • error,
  • mistake.
  •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.
  •contradiction, puzzle (noun)
  • catch,
  • anomaly,
  • oddity,
  • catch-22,
  • reverse.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • quandary.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • oxymoron.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • happening,
  • drama,
  • doozy,
  • apparition,
  • tableau,
  • curiosity,
  • exception,
  • dynamite.
  •
  • freak.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disproportion,
  • terra incognita,
  • poser,
  • absurdness,
  • nonplus,
  • disproportionateness,
  • impossibleness,
  • asymmetry,
  • vexed question,
  • secret,
  • Incommensurability,
  • Alogy,
  • disharmony,
  • equivocation,
  • dilemma,
  • puzzle,
  • heresy,
  • conundrum,
  • nonconformity,
  • nodus,
  • question,
  • dichotomy,
  • Pons Asinorum,
  • reversal,
  • Steganography,
  • dissonance,
  • imbecility,
  • disagreement,
  • paradoxical,
  • Stultiloquy,
  • disparity,
  • unintelligibility,
  • discrepancy,
  • problem,
  • Irreconcilability,
  • Unconformity,
  • ignorance,
  • riddle,
  • Stultiloquence,
  • knot,
  • freemasonry,
  • unorthodoxy,
  • heterodoxy,
  • incoherence,
  • bone to pick,
  • equivocality,
  • contradiction in terms,
  • inconceivability,
  • brain-teaser,
  • heterogeneity,
  • Paradoxes,
  • Nugacity,
  • hopelessness,
  • perplexity,
  • maze,
  • node,
  • Incongruence,
  • incompatibility,
  • Antinomy,
  • crux,
  • impossible,
  • ambivalence.

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.

Hyponym for Paradox:

• n.

  • communication
    contradiction, contradiction in terms.