Definition for Riddle:

• A large sieve for separating coarser materials from finer.

Synonyms for Riddle:

• n.

  •brain-teaser (noun)
  • doubt,
  • cryptogram,
  • tough proposition,
  • knotty question,
  • puzzlement,
  • question,
  • complexity,
  • distraction,
  • plight,
  • entanglement,
  • dilemma,
  • complication,
  • mystification,
  • strait,
  • intricacy,
  • confusion,
  • quandary,
  • twister,
  • embarrassment,
  • predicament,
  • charade,
  • bewilderment,
  • maze.
  •secret (noun)
  • cipher,
  • code.

• v.

  •perforate, permeate (verb)
  • impair,
  • spoil,
  • corrupt,
  • damage,
  • pervade,
  • pepper,
  • infest,
  • mar,
  • honeycomb.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dark horse,
  • obscurity,
  • unknown quantity,
  • crapshoot,
  • imponderable,
  • mist.
  •
  • dent,
  • Arcana,
  • unknown,
  • indent,
  • skewer.
  •
  • furrow,
  • bore,
  • gouge.
  •
  • thing.
  •
  • knock.
  •
  • pit.
  •bore
  • gouge out.
  •screen
  • pick out.

Paraphrases for Riddle:

• Equivalence

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

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    clue.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    mystery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mystery, secret.

Antonyms for Riddle:

• n.

  • brain-teaser
    good fortune, solution, confidence, simplicity.
  • Other antonyms:
    axiom, proposition, answer, explanation.

• v.

  • perforate, permeate
    help.

Homophones for Riddle:

• raddle, retool, retell, readily, rotl, rodolia, ritual, rathole, redtail, red willow, rutile, retail, rattle, ritually, rudely, ruddle, Rydell, radial, rattail, ridley, rowdily, riddell, ratel, raw deal, Reddle, roridula, rootle.

Hyponym for Riddle:

• n.

  • artifact
    screen, sieve.

• v.

  • cognition
    get, stupefy, perplex, flummox, amaze, puzzle, solve, puzzle out, pose, bewilder, nonplus, stick, work out, work, baffle, gravel, mystify, beat, lick, figure out, dumbfound, vex.
  • communication
    communicate, intercommunicate.
  • contact
    sieve, strain, pierce, sift.