What are some opposite words for puzzle?
Antonyms for puzzle
ˈpʌz əlpuz·zle
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term puzzle.
Wiktionary
puzzlenoun
Synonyms:
riddle, guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, brain-teaser, jigsaw, enigma, conundrum, crossword, anyones guess, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, mysterypuzzlenoun
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
Synonyms:
brain-teaser, guessing game, conundrum, anyones guess, enigma, mystery, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, crossword, riddle, poser, jigsaw, crossword puzzlepuzzlenoun
A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
Synonyms:
anyones guess, crossword, jigsaw, crossword puzzle, mystery, guessing game, brain-teaser, riddle, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, enigma, poser, conundrumpuzzlenoun
A crossword puzzle.
Synonyms:
guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, enigma, anyones guess, anybodys guess, brain-teaser, conundrum, mystery, riddle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle, crosswordpuzzlenoun
A jigsaw puzzle.
Synonyms:
enigma, jigsaw puzzle, jigsaw, riddle, mystery, anyones guess, crossword puzzle, poser, conundrum, brain-teaser, anybodys guess, guessing game, crosswordpuzzlenoun
A riddle.
Synonyms:
anyones guess, conundrum, anybodys guess, poser, riddle, guessing game, jigsaw, enigma, mystery, brain-teaser, jigsaw puzzle, crossword puzzle, crossword
English Synonyms and Antonyms
puzzlenoun
Conundrum, a word of unknown origin, signifies some question or statement in which some hidden and fanciful resemblance is involved, the answer often depending upon a pun; an enigma is a dark saying; a paradox is a true statement that at first appears absurd or contradictory; a problem is something thrown out for solution; puzzle (from oppose) referred originally to the intricate arguments by which disputants opposed each other in the old philosophic schools. The riddle is an ambiguous or paradoxical statement with a hidden meaning to be guessed by the mental acuteness of the one to whom it is proposed; the riddle is not so petty as the conundrum, and may require much acuteness for its answer; a problem may require simply study and scholarship, as a problem in mathematics; a puzzle may be in something other than verbal statement, as a dissected map or any perplexing mechanical contrivance. Both enigma and puzzle may be applied to any matter difficult of answer or solution, enigma conveying an idea of greater dignity, puzzle applying to something more commonplace and mechanical; there are many dark enigmas in human life and in the course of providence; the location of a missing object is often a puzzle.
Antonyms:
answer, axiom, explanation, proposition, solution
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
puzzleverb
Antonyms:
enlighten, instruct, illumineSynonyms:
pose, perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, mystify, confusepuzzlenoun
Antonyms:
disentanglement, solution, explanation, extrication, clueSynonyms:
embarrassment, be wilderment, enigma, confusion, conundrum, intricacy, labyrinth
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Princeton's WordNet
puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teasernoun
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
Synonyms:
teaser, mystifier, tease, tormentor, tormenter, puzzler, vexer, annoyerpuzzleverb
a game that tests your ingenuity
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
Synonyms:
drum, lay, take, cause, receive, get at, outfox, wash up, foil, start, besot, father, experience, mystify, pound, rile, stun, have, become, sustain, stay, put, scram, regulate, drive, start out, amaze, stimulate, sire, model, devil, cohere, sting, engender, get to, cleave, go, fix, scotch, pay back, annoy, stick, suffer, beat up, beat, set about, trounce, get down, thrum, incur, posture, stick by, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, stick around, set out, agitate, flap, rag, crush, arrest, stick to, develop, outwit, throw, bring, bewilder, nettle, irritate, mother, set, personate, stir up, lodge, quiver, buzz off, catch, present, scramble, wedge, shake up, make, beget, flummox, stand by, thump, cross, get, generate, bind, complicate, nark, find, outsmart, deposit, cling, obtain, vex, worry, pose, adhere, capture, position, aim, induce, ticktack, spoil, perplex, work over, tucker out, raise up, bother, bunk, gravel, begin, disturb, impersonate, fetch, discombobulate, circumvent, let, get under one's skin, frustrate, sit, astound, arrive, tick, produce, pulsate, convey, thwart, bond, acquire, come, bemuse, tucker, commove, pay off, bilk, astonish, ticktock, bugger off, beat out, hold fast, chafe, vanquish, shell, stay put, place, nonplus, commence, bafflepuzzleverb
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
"We puzzled over her sudden departure"
Synonyms:
bewilder, get, perplex, stupefy, dumbfound, gravel, baffle, stick, vex, nonplus, pose, amaze, beat, flummox, mystify
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use puzzle in a sentence?
Life is like a puzzle, you do it correctly you come up with a clear picture.
The obesity epidemic is a result of a number of different and complex influences, recommending smaller plates is just one piece of a very large puzzle.
Life is a mysterious puzzle, a game with incongruent sequences, strange episodes and unwritten stories. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )
For some Texans looking for a job, child care is that last piece of the puzzle that will help them reenter the workforce.
You weigh the excitement of being able to put the pieces of this puzzle together with, really, the horrific knowledge that two people died and four families were dramatically impacted by this, and I really think the knowledge of how serious this was is what drove our scientists to work so hard to try to solve this mystery.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1091 | solution | |
#1251 | answer | |
#4474 | explanation | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#8738 | proposition | |
#11057 | clue | |
#19451 | instruct | |
#20801 | axiom | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#95597 | extrication | |
#156842 | illumine | |
#311342 | disentanglement |
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