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Antonyms for riddle
ˈrɪd lrid·dle
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term riddle.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
riddlenoun
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
riddle
Antonyms:
solution, explanation, statement, proposition, axiom
Princeton's WordNet
riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teasernoun
a difficult problem
Synonyms:
brain-teaser, enigma, closed book, secret, conundrum, mysteryriddleverb
a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
Synonyms:
brain-teaser, enigma, conundrumriddleverb
pierce with many holes
"The bullets riddled his body"
Synonyms:
screen, pervade, permeate, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbueriddleverb
set a difficult problem or riddle
"riddle me a riddle"
Synonyms:
screen, pervade, permeate, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbueriddle, screenverb
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Synonyms:
test, imbue, diffuse, penetrate, permeate, sieve, interpenetrate, pervade, screen, block out, sort, shield, screen outpermeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddleverb
spread or diffuse through
"An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
Synonyms:
fall into place, circulate, spread, infiltrate, interpenetrate, sink in, soak, penetrate, bottom, disperse, circularize, propagate, pass around, spread out, filter, come home, disseminate, perforate, dawn, hue, click, diffuse, broadcast, screen, distribute, percolate, fan out, circularise, get across, fathom, imbue, get through, permeate, pervaderiddleverb
speak in riddles
Synonyms:
screen, pervade, permeate, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbueriddleverb
explain a riddle
Synonyms:
screen, pervade, permeate, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue
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How to use riddle in a sentence?
The discovery of a single skull of a child, in such a remote location within the cave system adds mystery as to how these many remains came to be in these remote, dark spaces of the Rising Star Cave system, it is just another riddle among many that surround this fascinating extinct human relative.
There's a big meta question -- to what extent do economic gains actually filter into political behavior. That is the riddle.
There was this huge world out there, independent of us human beings and standing before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partly accessible to our inspection and thought. The contemplation of that world beckoned like a liberation.
Sir Winston Churchill, Radio speech, 1939:
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#795 | statement | |
#1091 | solution | |
#1251 | answer | |
#4474 | explanation | |
#8738 | proposition | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#20801 | axiom |
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