Synonyms for mystery
ˈmɪs tə ri, -trimys·te·ry

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1. mysterynoun

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2. mysterynoun

   Something secret or unexplainable; unknown.

   The truth behind the events remains a mystery.

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3. mysterynoun

   Someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature.

   That man is a mystery.

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4. mysterynoun

   A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.

   The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.

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1. mystery

   Synonyms:
   cloud, cloudiness, concealment, hiding, obscuration, shrouding, veiling

   Antonyms:
   apocalypse, disclosure, manifestation, revelation

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1. mystery

   Synonyms:
   enigma, puzzle, obscurity, secrecy, veil, shroud, arcanum

   Antonyms:
   publication, solution, commonplace, truism, matter-of-fact

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 9 votes

1. mystery, enigma, secret, closed booknoun

   something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

   "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

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   arcanum, brain-teaser, whodunit, conundrum, riddle, secret, closed book, enigma, mystery story

2. mystery, mystery story, whodunitnoun

   a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

   Synonyms:
   enigma, secret, closed book, whodunit, mystery story

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1. mysterynoun

   Synonyms:
   secret, enigma, riddle

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1. mysterynoun

   Synonyms:
   secret, enigma, riddle, intricacy, arcanum

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1. List of paraphrases for "mystery":

   mysterious, mystère, riddle, enigma, puzzle, ambiguity, secret, vagueness, mystique, conundrum, obscurity, secrecy

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1. Ashley Lyle:

   It’s still in the cultural conversation, it was a seminal show, so how you could ever be offended by being compared to a show like that is a mystery to me.

2. Abby Robinson:

   If you don't put them in chronological order, there remains a mystery about them, you don't have to know me to appreciate the pictures.

3. Samantha Evans:

   It was a real medical mystery, i don’t know how else to explain it, and I probably will never know. I just hope it doesn’t happen again.

4. Emily Petroff:

   All we can do is learn from our experience with this discovery and create a more efficient system for next time, we still spend a large amount of time looking for fast radio bursts with the Parkes telescope and the next time we are in the right place at just the right time, we'll be able to act faster than ever before and hopefully solve the mystery once and for all!

5. Lois Greenfield:

   I want (viewers) to contemplate the mystery of what I'm presenting, because people don't know how I did it or what it is or why it is. I'd like them to enjoy that mystery and make it their own.