559 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɹˈɒbləm], [ pɹˈɒbləm], [ p_ɹ_ˈɒ_b_l_ə_m]

Similar words for problem:

• difficult (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• bad news (noun)
• bone of contention (noun)
• bother (noun)
• brain-teaser (noun)
• bug (noun)
• bugbear (noun)
• business (noun)
• can of worms (noun)
• case (noun)
• communication (noun)
• condition (noun)
• consideration (noun)
• conundrum (noun)
• crisis (noun)
• crunch (noun)
• delay (noun)
• difference of opinion (noun)
• difficulty, trouble (noun)
• difficulty; bad situation (noun)
• dilemma (noun)
• disadvantage(s) (noun)
• doubt (noun)
• drawback (noun)
• enigma (noun)
• error (noun)
• exercise (noun)
• ghost (noun)
• hang-up (noun)
• imperfection (noun)
• issue (noun)
• job (noun)
• misery (noun)
• nuisance (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• plague (noun)
• predicament (noun)
• puzzle, question (noun)
• query (noun)
• question (noun)
• riddle (noun)
• rogue (noun)
• secret (noun)
• snag (noun)
• subject (noun)
• syndrome (noun)
• theme (noun)
• trouble (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• preoccupation

Paraphrases for problem

Hypernyms for problem

Hyponyms for problem

Synonyms for Problem:

• adj.

  • difficult (adjective)
  • Operose,
  • not easy,
  • easier said than done,
  • galling,
  • immense,
  • Difficile,
  • no picnic,
  • hard-won,
  • effortful,
  • painful,
  • backbreaker,
  • up-stream,
  • strenuous,
  • upstream.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • difficult.

• n.

  •
  • disruptive,
  • embarrassing,
  • invidious,
  • adverse,
  • problematic,
  • bad,
  • fraught,
  • troublesome,
  • contentious.
  •
  • trials and tribulations,
  • intricacy.
  •
  • leading question,
  • questionnaire,
  • rhetorical question,
  • interrogation,
  • poll,
  • survey,
  • inquiry,
  • easy.
  • bad news (noun)
  • dis-tresses,
  • bad-news,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • deep troubles,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis-appointments,
  • in-conveniences,
  • dis appointment,
  • in conveniences,
  • dis-appointment,
  • dis appointments,
  • in convenience,
  • mis fortune,
  • mis fortunes,
  • dis tress,
  • in-convenience,
  • dis tresses,
  • mis-fortune,
  • head-ache.
  • bone of contention (noun)
  • dis-agreement,
  • sore points,
  • bone-contention,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis-agreements,
  • tender spots,
  • dis agreement,
  • bone contention.
  • bother (noun)
  • pain neck,
  • pain the neck,
  • worriments,
  • pain in neck.
  • brain-teaser (noun)
  • riddle.
  • bug (noun)
  • something wrongs,
  • computer malfunctions.
  • bugbear (noun)
  • loup garou,
  • loups garous,
  • loupgarou,
  • loupsgarous,
  • boogeymen,
  • Loups-garous.
  • business (noun)
  • Hanky Panky,
  • goings-on,
  • functions,
  • beeswax.
  • can of worms (noun)
  • dog's breakfasts,
  • dogs breakfasts,
  • can-worms,
  • complex problems,
  • unpredictable situations,
  • can worms,
  • mares nest,
  • pandoras box,
  • dog breakfast,
  • pandora box,
  • gordian knots,
  • hard nut crack,
  • hornet nest,
  • troublesome problems,
  • hornets nest,
  • dogs breakfast,
  • mare nest,
  • dog breakfasts.
  • case (noun)
  • situations.
  • communication (noun)
  • problem.
  • condition (noun)
  • infirmity.
  • consideration (noun)
  • ex tents,
  • ex-tents,
  • ex-tent,
  • ex tent.
  • conundrum (noun)
  • closed books,
  • brain teaser,
  • brain teasers.
  • crisis (noun)
  • dilemma.
  • crunch (noun)
  • trying time,
  • hour of decision.
  • delay (noun)
  • dis-continuation,
  • pro rogation,
  • loiterings,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis continuation,
  • pro-rogation,
  • re-missions,
  • tieup,
  • dis continuations,
  • sur-cease,
  • sur cease,
  • re mission,
  • hold ups,
  • cooling-off periods,
  • sur-ceases,
  • de-lays,
  • de lay,
  • pro rogations,
  • pro-rogations,
  • dawdlings,
  • prorogations,
  • demurrals,
  • putting offs,
  • de-lay,
  • lingerings,
  • de lays,
  • cooling off period,
  • sur ceases,
  • cunctations,
  • tarryings,
  • cooling off periods,
  • re missions,
  • coolingoff period,
  • showstoppers,
  • retardments,
  • re-mission,
  • coolingoff periods.
  • difference of opinion (noun)
  • bone of contention.
  • difficulty, trouble (noun)
  • disadvantage(s).
  • difficulty; bad situation (noun)
  • hitch,
  • mess,
  • squeeze,
  • disagreement,
  • count,
  • dispute,
  • pickle,
  • hot water,
  • scrape,
  • disputed point,
  • box.
  • dilemma (noun)
  • catch 22's,
  • tight corners,
  • catch22's,
  • double binds,
  • catch22,
  • catch-22's,
  • catch 22.
  • disadvantage(s) (noun)
  • dis commodity,
  • fly in ointment,
  • de-privation,
  • in utility,
  • de-privations,
  • fly the ointment,
  • in utilities,
  • in-utilities,
  • in adequacies,
  • dis-advantage,
  • dis commodities,
  • in adequacy,
  • de privations,
  • in-utility,
  • dis-commodity,
  • dis advantages,
  • blockings,
  • dis-advantages,
  • fly ointment,
  • de privation,
  • dis-commodities,
  • in-adequacy,
  • in-adequacies,
  • adverse circumstance,
  • dis advantage.
  • doubt (noun)
  • scruples,
  • lack of confidence,
  • Uncertainties,
  • waverings,
  • scruple,
  • agnosticism.
  • drawback (noun)
  • drawback.
  • enigma (noun)
  • sixty-four dollar questions,
  • mind-bogglers,
  • mindtwister,
  • be-wilderments,
  • mind-twisters,
  • mind bogglers,
  • mindtwisters,
  • mindbogglers,
  • sixtyfour dollar questions,
  • sixtyfour dollar question,
  • tough nut crack,
  • sphinges,
  • mind twister,
  • mind boggler,
  • be-wilderment,
  • sixty four dollar question,
  • be wilderment,
  • question marks,
  • mind twisters,
  • be wilderments,
  • sixty four dollar questions.
  • error (noun)
  • glitch.
  • exercise (noun)
  • ex amination,
  • calisthenicses,
  • exercisings,
  • schoolworks,
  • warm ups,
  • ex-aminations,
  • warmup,
  • re citation,
  • re citations,
  • dis charge,
  • dis-charge,
  • re-citation,
  • dis-charges,
  • warmups,
  • dis charges,
  • ex aminations,
  • re-citations.
  • ghost (noun)
  • bugbear.
  • hang-up (noun)
  • inhibition,
  • obsession,
  • hangup.
  • imperfection (noun)
  • incompleteness.
  • issue (noun)
  • point departure,
  • matter contention.
  • job (noun)
  • job.
  • misery (noun)
  • sordidnesses.
  • nuisance (noun)
  • botherment,
  • poor excuse,
  • pesterers,
  • pesterer.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • rune,
  • trouble,
  • croppers,
  • inscrutability,
  • occults,
  • misery,
  • stickers,
  • bogy,
  • cooling-off period,
  • double bind,
  • grabber,
  • tough nut to crack,
  • brain-teaser,
  • whodunit,
  • logjam,
  • principal object,
  • mind-boggler,
  • jam,
  • gym,
  • warm-ups,
  • messes,
  • flaw,
  • poser,
  • Discommodity,
  • tender spot,
  • thriller,
  • keynotes,
  • downside,
  • point of departure,
  • flurry,
  • bad news,
  • perplexity,
  • lessons,
  • rebus,
  • inutility,
  • crunch,
  • tight corner,
  • unpredictable situation,
  • fly in the ointment,
  • topic,
  • point at issue,
  • whodunits,
  • knotty question,
  • head ache,
  • molestation,
  • brain-teasers,
  • pother,
  • Loup-garou,
  • headache,
  • enigma,
  • lowlife,
  • failings,
  • matter of contention,
  • drillings,
  • question,
  • surcease,
  • mind-twister,
  • runes,
  • molestations,
  • matter at hand,
  • lesson,
  • closed book,
  • exercise,
  • sore point,
  • lowlifes,
  • thorn in side,
  • predicament,
  • Minutiae,
  • question mark,
  • inutilities,
  • prorogation,
  • Hydras,
  • snag,
  • Hydrae,
  • doubt,
  • misfortunes,
  • mystery,
  • tough proposition,
  • troublesome problem,
  • boogeyman,
  • condition,
  • demurral,
  • conundrum,
  • thrillers,
  • abstruseness,
  • discommodities,
  • braintwister,
  • deep trouble,
  • brainteaser,
  • procrastinations,
  • facer,
  • puzzler,
  • schoolwork,
  • sphinx,
  • leitmotifs,
  • the rub,
  • something wrong,
  • retardation,
  • consideration,
  • errors,
  • diagnostics,
  • gyms,
  • penury,
  • rogue,
  • Exigencies,
  • deep-water,
  • hold-up,
  • field of reference,
  • nuisance,
  • calisthenics,
  • dog's breakfast,
  • FACERS,
  • extent,
  • plague,
  • hang-up,
  • computer malfunction,
  • issue,
  • showstopper,
  • grabbers,
  • obstacles,
  • theme,
  • TODO,
  • hard nut to crack,
  • tight spot,
  • Bogies,
  • warm up,
  • sixty-four dollar question,
  • stumper,
  • leitmotif,
  • procrastination,
  • worry,
  • brain-twister,
  • Rebuses,
  • labyrinth,
  • delay,
  • to do,
  • query,
  • sphinxes,
  • Retardment,
  • minus,
  • cropper,
  • bother,
  • worriment,
  • mindboggler,
  • subject,
  • imperfection,
  • cunctation,
  • case,
  • matter in hand,
  • hydra,
  • grounds for war,
  • hold-ups,
  • sordidness,
  • adverse circumstances,
  • teasers,
  • complex problem,
  • warm-up,
  • chillers,
  • inadequacy,
  • botheration,
  • Inscrutableness,
  • business,
  • wraith,
  • bug,
  • syndrome,
  • sticker,
  • teaser,
  • subtlety,
  • predicaments,
  • logjams,
  • motifs,
  • can of worms,
  • complication,
  • minuses,
  • quandary,
  • stumpers,
  • brainteasers.
  • plague (noun)
  • thorn side.
  • predicament (noun)
  • fix,
  • plight,
  • ordeal,
  • difficulty.
  • puzzle, question (noun)
  • example,
  • sixty-four thousand dollar question,
  • twister,
  • cliff-hanger,
  • stickler,
  • illustration,
  • bugaboo.
  • query (noun)
  • inter rogatory,
  • inter-rogations,
  • inter-rogation,
  • inter-rogatory,
  • inter rogations,
  • inter rogation.
  • question (noun)
  • questions.
  • riddle (noun)
  • dis traction,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis-tractions,
  • brain twister,
  • knotty questions,
  • brain twisters,
  • dis-traction,
  • tough propositions,
  • brain-twisters.
  • rogue (noun)
  • neer-do-well,
  • re-probate,
  • re probate,
  • re-probates,
  • mis chiefs,
  • mis chief.
  • secret (noun)
  • cipher,
  • code,
  • puzzle,
  • cryptogram,
  • maze.
  • snag (noun)
  • tight spots,
  • the rubs.
  • subject (noun)
  • re-solution,
  • sub-stance,
  • principal objects,
  • sub stances,
  • matter hand,
  • re solutions,
  • re-solutions,
  • field reference,
  • sub stance,
  • sub-stances.
  • syndrome (noun)
  • dis orders,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis-order,
  • dis order.
  • theme (noun)
  • point issue.
  • trouble (noun)
  • dis-content,
  • dis-cord,
  • dis content,
  • un rest,
  • dis contents,
  • un-rest,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis cord,
  • dis-contents,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • un-rests,
  • dis cords,
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfaction.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • obstruction,
  • conflict.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • obstacle course,
  • adversity,
  • kink,
  • tribulation,
  • red tape,
  • toughie,
  • intrusion,
  • body blow,
  • hurdle,
  • hardship,
  • shortcoming,
  • pitfall,
  • setback,
  • vicissitudes,
  • speed bump,
  • millstone,
  • disruption,
  • dead weight,
  • sticking point,
  • obstacle,
  • exigency,
  • embarrassment,
  • encumbrance,
  • hindrance,
  • hot potato,
  • vicious circle,
  • stumbling block,
  • growing pains,
  • jigsaw,
  • inconvenience.
  •
  • bottleneck,
  • burden,
  • aggravation,
  • brake,
  • roadblock,
  • downfall,
  • disturbance,
  • impediment,
  • baggage,
  • running sore,
  • odds,
  • disadvantage,
  • snarl up,
  • strain,
  • woe,
  • objection.
  •
  • barrier,
  • care,
  • sorrow,
  • cause,
  • ill.
  •
  • mist,
  • hang up,
  • tie up.
  •
  • catch.
  •
  • drag.
  •
  • block.
  •
  • bar.
  • preoccupation
  • prepossession.

Paraphrases for Problem:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    issue.
  • Proper noun, singular
    trouble, troubles.
  • Noun, plural
    troubles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    issue, trouble.
  • Adverb
    problems.
  • Interjection
    trouble.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    issue.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    problems.
  • Verb, base form
    issue.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    issue, issues.
  • Noun, plural
    conflicts, issues.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    problematique.
  • Adverb
    issue.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    issues.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    matter, roma, events, questions, matters, topics, problema.
  • Noun, plural
    Queries, Worries, complications, ills, aspects, questions, matters, MOVIES, impairments, burgers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    complication, embarrassment, matter, objection, obstacle, thing, topic, takes, PROB, problemo.
  • Verb, past tense
    constituted, reported, Got, Happened, guys.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    arguing, becoming, being, dealing, drawing, eating, feeling, giving, going, growing, happening, missing, regarding, saying, working, Bothering, Having, Occurring.
  • Verb, past participle
    affected, broken, considered, done, faced, fixed, found, identified, involved, lost, raised, renewed, sorted, tested, Dealt, Discussed, Got, Happened, Met, Tackled, analysed.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    matter.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    needs, Queries, Worries, Comes, disputes, relates, applies, regards, points, questions, matters, happens, involves, lies.
  • Verb, base form
    matter.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    problematic, subject, questions.
  • Proper noun, singular
    problematic, subjects, aspects, constraints, WOES.
  • Noun, plural
    implications, subjects, WOES.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    abnormality, affair, bottleneck, constraint, conundrum, deficiency, disadvantage, drawback, glitch, hassle, impediment, inconvenience, predicament, problematic, scourge, shortcoming, snag, subject.
  • Verb, past tense
    identified.
  • Verb, past participle
    alleviated.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exists, subjects.

Hypernym for Problem:

• n.

  • communication
    Pons Asinorum, puzzle, enigma, Gordian Knot, koan, brain-teaser, conundrum, teaser, homework problem, stumper, puzzler, rebus, riddle, toughie, sticker, poser, case, mystifier.
  • state
    race problem, balance-of-payments problem.

Hyponym for Problem:

• n.

  • communication
    question, head.
  • state
    difficulty.