What are some opposite words for conundrum?

Antonyms for conundrum
kəˈnʌn drəmco·nun·drum

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  1. conundrumnoun

    A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

    Synonyms:
    enigma, brain-teaser, riddle, puzzle

  2. conundrumnoun

    A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

    Synonyms:
    dilemma

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 4 votes

  1. conundrumnoun

    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

    Synonyms:
    enigma, paradox, problem, puzzle, riddle

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Princeton's WordNet3.4 / 5 votes

  1. riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teasernoun

    a difficult problem

    Synonyms:
    brain-teaser, enigma, closed book, secret, riddle, mystery

How to use conundrum in a sentence?

  1. Ben Wood:

    Apple faces a real conundrum of pricing.

  2. Michael Barbaro:

    International news has always been a bit of a conundrum for certain American publications, i think the 20-minute, single-subject format was made for that. Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan can't tell the story of what it means that the Taliban is about to regain power after 20 years in five minutes.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    I've gotten kind of used to it but it does sort of still pose this conundrum: How is a woman supposed to behave? Well how about the way she is and then people should figure out her instead of her having to figure out everybody else.

  4. Andrew Tabler:

    They think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again, this recent outburst of diplomacy is because everyone was becoming concerned, and rightfully so. But the results of that process were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the earlier political positions of the region when it comes to Syria.

  5. Michael Finke:

    It's a conundrum, because the question is : what drives what ? , many of these effects happen at the same time.

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