Definition for Puzzle:

• Perplexity: something to try the ingenuity, as a toy or riddle.

Synonyms for Puzzle:

• n.

  •
  • puzzlement,
  • thing,
  • bewilderment.
  •
  • unsettle,
  • fuddle,
  • frighten,
  • dizzy,
  • jumble,
  • concern,
  • distress.
  •brain-teaser (noun)
  • riddle.
  •complexity (noun)
  • Cabalism,
  • obscurity,
  • mystery,
  • intricacy,
  • subtlety,
  • complexity,
  • convolution.
  •crisis (noun)
  • dilemma.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • bafflement,
  • muddle.
  •puzzle (noun)
  • gravel,
  • vex,
  • mystifier,
  • stupefy.
  •secret (noun)
  • code,
  • problem,
  • cryptogram,
  • conundrum,
  • cipher.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • ambivalence,
  • unsureness,
  • changeability,
  • incertitude,
  • vagueness,
  • Questionability,
  • tentativeness,
  • confusion,
  • disputability,
  • deniability,
  • moot point,
  • controversy.

• v.

  •baffle, confuse (verb)
  • complicate,
  • bemuse,
  • amaze,
  • obscure,
  • flummox,
  • flabbergast,
  • throw,
  • frustrate,
  • rattle,
  • pose,
  • discombobulate,
  • beat,
  • profundicate,
  • stumble,
  • foil,
  • stir,
  • snow,
  • mystify,
  • bewilder.
  •wonder about (verb)
  • mull over,
  • cudgel,
  • think about,
  • marvel,
  • muse,
  • rack one's brains,
  • brood,
  • think hard,
  • ponder,
  • study.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • charades,
  • crapshoot,
  • predicament,
  • imponderable,
  • unknown quantity,
  • dark horse,
  • quizmaster,
  • mist,
  • brain-teaser,
  • crossword,
  • addle.
  •
  • stickler,
  • Arcana,
  • hangman,
  • unknown,
  • befuddle,
  • confound.
  •
  • jigsaw.
  •befuddle
  • disorient.
  •conceal
  • becloud.
  •confuse
  • cloud,
  • render uncertain,
  • get,
  • perturb.
  •wonder
  • be curious,
  • be inquisitive,
  • ask oneself.

Paraphrases for Puzzle:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    riddle.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    riddle.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    headache, clue, patchwork, tile, mosaic, dilemma.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    jigsaw, mystery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    jigsaw, mystery, problem.

Antonyms for Puzzle:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    axiom, solution, proposition, explanation, answer.

• v.

  • baffle, confuse
    enlighten, illustrate, comfort, facilitate, explicate, assist, lose, clear up, clarify, soothe, elucidate, calm, help, explain, not care, appease, aid, unravel.
  • wonder about
    ignore, neglect, forget.

Hypernym for Puzzle:

• n.

  • artifact
    crossword, tangram, jigsaw puzzle, crossword puzzle, Chinese Puzzle.

Hyponym for Puzzle:

• n.

  • artifact
    game.

• v.

  • emotion
    chew over, ponder, contemplate, mull, mull over, muse, reflect, excogitate, speculate, ruminate, think over, meditate.