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Pronunciation:
[ pˈaɹədˌɒks], [ pˈaɹədˌɒks], [ p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_d_ˌɒ_k_s]
Related words: time paradox, space paradox, paradox theory, spacetime paradox, paradox definition, cosmological paradox
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Similar words for paradox:
- absurdity (noun)
- catch-22 (noun)
- communication (noun)
- contradiction, puzzle (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- fallacy (noun)
- figure of speech (noun)
- inconsistency (noun)
- irony (noun)
- opposite (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- phenomenon (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Paradox:
n.
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- allegation,
- avowal,
- announcement,
- apology,
- assurance,
- apologia,
- affirmation,
- error,
- attestation,
- mistake,
- accusation,
- assertion.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- dis similarities,
- dis-parities,
- dis sonances,
- in-equalities,
- dis-agreement,
- dis proportionatenesses,
- in consistency,
- un likenesses,
- dis proportionateness,
- dis-agreements,
- in-equality,
- dis-similarities,
- dis-proportion,
- dis-parity,
- dis-sonance,
- dis-proportionateness,
- un-likeness,
- dis proportion,
- dis-proportions,
- dis-proportionatenesses,
- in consonance,
- dis parity,
- un likeness,
- dis sonance,
- in equalities,
- un-likenesses,
- in consonances,
- in-consistency,
- in-consonance,
- dis agreement,
- dis agreements,
- dis-similarity,
- in-consonances,
- inconsonances,
- dis proportions,
- in equality,
- in consistencies,
- in-consistencies,
- dis-sonances,
- dis parities,
- dis similarity.
- Antipole,
- other extreme,
- Contra,
- inverses,
- another adverse,
- Contraries,
- Antilogy,
- other side,
- antipoles,
- other side of coin,
- Antilogies,
- contras.
- inconsistency,
- Rara Avis,
- teasers,
- invalidity,
- one for the book,
- deceptiveness,
- difficulty,
- repartee,
- irony,
- inexactness,
- stickler,
- something else,
- teaser,
- opposite,
- marvel,
- one for the books,
- invalidities,
- Inconsonance,
- stumpers,
- sardonicism,
- faultiness,
- phenomenon,
- stumper,
- elusions,
- lose-lose,
- fallacy,
- non sequitur,
- spuriousness,
- speciousness,
- elusion,
- misconstrual,
- figure of speech.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- freak.
- 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:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
contradictory, dilemma, discrepancy, inconsistency.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
absurdity, contradiction, irony.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Paradox:
n.
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communication
contradiction, contradiction in terms.
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communication
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