What is another word for riddle?
222 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹˈɪdə͡l], [ ɹˈɪdəl], [ ɹ_ˈɪ_d_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for riddle:- artifact (noun)
- brain-teaser (noun)
- conundrum (noun)
- enigma (noun)
- problem (noun)
- secret (noun)
- bore (verb)
- perforate, permeate (verb)
- puncture (verb)
- screen (verb)
- sift (verb)
- sort (verb)
- strain (verb)
- tap (verb)
- other synonyms
- bore
- screen
Synonyms for Riddle:
n.
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- poll,
- survey,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- show,
- rhetorical question,
- query,
- questionnaire,
- leading question.
- doubt,
- complexity,
- quandary,
- cryptogram,
- entanglement,
- charade,
- maze,
- complication,
- distraction,
- intricacy,
- brain-twister,
- dilemma,
- predicament,
- strait,
- puzzlement,
- question,
- knotty question,
- embarrassment,
- twister,
- confusion,
- bewilderment,
- plight,
- tough proposition,
- mystification.
- sixty four dollar questions,
- mindtwister,
- gordian knots,
- sixty four dollar question,
- be wilderment,
- mind twister,
- mind-twisters,
- mind twisters,
- mind bogglers,
- be-wilderments,
- tough nut crack,
- mindbogglers,
- sixtyfour dollar questions,
- question marks,
- be wilderments,
- sixty-four dollar questions,
- sphinges,
- be-wilderment,
- sixtyfour dollar question,
- mind-bogglers,
- mind boggler,
- mindtwisters.
v.
•bore (verb) •perforate, permeate (verb) •puncture (verb) •screen (verb) •sift (verb)- digged in to,
- delved in to,
- co-landers,
- digging in to,
- in-quired,
- dig in to,
- pro spect,
- digs into,
- in-quire,
- pro spects,
- pores over,
- go in to,
- pro-spects,
- dug in to,
- co lander,
- co landers,
- pro-bed,
- in quire,
- pored over,
- co-lander,
- in-quiring,
- in quired,
- delving in to,
- delved into,
- in quires,
- dug into,
- delves in to,
- delving into,
- digs in to,
- delves into,
- delve in to,
- digging into,
- in-quires,
- digged into,
- pro bed,
- in quiring.
- typecasts,
- puts order,
- puts in shape,
- dis-tributes,
- putting order,
- putting down as,
- puts shape,
- buttons down,
- put rights,
- put order,
- sized up,
- put shape,
- dis tributes,
- puts to rights,
- putting to rights,
- putting shape,
- puts down as,
- buttoned down,
- dis tribute,
- puts rights,
- putting rights,
- puts down for,
- buttoning down,
- dis-tribute,
- sizes up,
- putting in shape,
- putting down for.
Other synonyms:
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- crapshoot,
- the outside world,
- blind spot,
- dark horse,
- unknown quantity,
- scour,
- will-o'-the-wisp,
- stranger,
- mist,
- the twilight zone,
- obscurity,
- imponderable.
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- uncertainty.
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- rip.
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- thing.
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- knock.
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- pit.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
puzzle.
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Noun, singular or mass
puzzle.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
clue.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
mystery.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Riddle:
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n.
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brain-teaser
good fortune, solution, confidence, simplicity.
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Other antonyms:
axiom, proposition, answer, explanation.
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brain-teaser
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v.
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perforate, permeate
help.
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perforate, permeate
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.
v.
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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.
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communication
communicate, intercommunicate.
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cognition