What is another word for riddle?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɪdə͡l], [ ɹˈɪdəl], [ ɹ_ˈɪ_d_əl]
Related words: riddles, puzzle, brain teaser
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Similar words for riddle:
- artifact (noun)
- brain-teaser (noun)
- conundrum (noun)
- enigma (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- problem (noun)
- secret (noun)
- bore (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- perforate, permeate (verb)
- puncture (verb)
- screen (verb)
- sift (verb)
- sort (verb)
- strain (verb)
- tap (verb)
- other synonyms
- bore
- other relevant words
- 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.
- rune,
- puzzler,
- abstruseness,
- whodunits,
- Inscrutableness,
- facer,
- perplexity,
- stumper,
- Rebuses,
- problem,
- occults,
- sphinxes,
- subtlety,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- stickers,
- FACERS,
- sphinx,
- enigma,
- cliff-hanger,
- conundrum,
- grabbers,
- brain-teasers,
- sticker,
- closed book,
- brainteaser,
- brainteasers,
- mystery,
- runes,
- mind-twister,
- thriller,
- poser,
- thrillers,
- sixty-four thousand dollar question,
- grabber,
- rebus,
- mind-boggler,
- teaser,
- question mark,
- mindboggler,
- teasers,
- stickler,
- tough nut to crack,
- inscrutability,
- labyrinth,
- whodunit,
- stumpers,
- chillers,
- brain-teaser,
- braintwister.
v.
• bore (verb) • Other relevant words: (verb)- perforate,
- vex,
- amaze,
- perplex,
- dumbfound,
- gravel,
- nonplus,
- intercommunicate,
- puzzle,
- work,
- mystify,
- solve,
- bewilder,
- activity,
- stupefy,
- pierce,
- puzzle out,
- flummox,
- baffle,
- communicate,
- lick,
- penetrate,
- stick,
- pose,
- get,
- work out,
- figure out,
- beat,
- punch.
- 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.
- drawing off,
- unplugs,
- button down,
- putting in order,
- sized,
- siphoned,
- colandering,
- Speared,
- catalogued,
- typecast,
- delve into,
- tap,
- strain,
- pore over,
- drawing forth,
- siphoning,
- poring over,
- punctured,
- unstoppered,
- unplugged,
- sift,
- screen,
- put down as,
- sifting,
- Spearing,
- tabbing,
- tabbed,
- go flat,
- draw off,
- unstopper,
- cut through,
- put in order,
- colandered,
- size up,
- unplugging,
- sort,
- Cataloguing,
- unplug,
- puts in order,
- typecasting,
- put to rights,
- sizing,
- dig into,
- draw forth,
- put down for,
- puncture,
- put in shape.
How to use "Riddle" in context?
There's a phrase we often hear in everyday conversation - but what does it actually mean? A riddle is a question with a hidden meaning that often stump most people. While many of us are familiar with the types of riddles children might ask - like "If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a noise?" - adults might come up with more complicated puzzles. For instance, what is a boat made of that hasn't been wet since it was built? The answer to this riddle can be both simple and complex, depending on how it is interpreted.
Paraphrases for Riddle:
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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
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:
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