Synonyms for puzzle
ˈpʌz əlpuz·zle

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1. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   riddle, guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, brain-teaser, jigsaw, enigma, conundrum, crossword, anyones guess, jigsaw puzzle, anybodys guess, mystery

2. puzzlenoun

   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 puzzle

3. puzzlenoun

   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, conundrum

4. puzzlenoun

   A crossword puzzle.

   Synonyms:
   guessing game, poser, crossword puzzle, enigma, anyones guess, anybodys guess, brain-teaser, conundrum, mystery, riddle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle, crossword

5. puzzlenoun

   A jigsaw puzzle.

   Synonyms:
   enigma, jigsaw puzzle, jigsaw, riddle, mystery, anyones guess, crossword puzzle, poser, conundrum, brain-teaser, anybodys guess, guessing game, crossword

6. puzzlenoun

   A riddle.

   Synonyms:
   anyones guess, conundrum, anybodys guess, poser, riddle, guessing game, jigsaw, enigma, mystery, brain-teaser, jigsaw puzzle, crossword puzzle, crossword

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   conundrum, enigma, paradox, problem, riddle

   Antonyms:
   answer, axiom, explanation, proposition, solution

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1. puzzleverb

   Synonyms:
   pose, perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, mystify, confuse

   Antonyms:
   enlighten, instruct, illumine

2. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   embarrassment, be wilderment, enigma, confusion, conundrum, intricacy, labyrinth

   Antonyms:
   disentanglement, solution, explanation, extrication, clue

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1. 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, puzzle, tormentor, tormenter, puzzler, vexer, annoyer

2. puzzleverb

   a game that tests your ingenuity

   Synonyms:
   mystifier, teaser, puzzler

3. 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, puzzle, 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, baffle

4. puzzleverb

   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

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1. puzzleverb

   Synonyms:
   perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify

2. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point

3. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus

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1. puzzlenoun

   Synonyms:
   enigma, conundrum, intricacy, maze, crux, riddle, rebus, poser, confusion, quandary, perplexity, nonplus, bewilderment

2. puzzleverb

   Synonyms:
   mystify, pose, nonplus, perplex, bewilder, confuse

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1. List of paraphrases for "puzzle":

   jigsaw, riddle, enigma, puzzles, conundrum, mystery, headache, patchwork, mosaic

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1. Tom Whitmeyer:

   We got through the dance, and now we're looking at the pieces of the puzzle to decide what are the pieces that we didn't get, but we also got an awful lot of pieces to the puzzle put together. We have a pretty good idea what the puzzle looks like at this point.

2. Dorothy James:

   I think the main attraction isn't the horror, it's the puzzle, (It's) the bringing of order out of disorder.

3. Rebecca Puhl:

   We certainly have created a society that facilitates obesity, with an emphasis on fast and highly processed foods and a lack of physical activity, and we're ignoring all the other pieces of the puzzle such as genetics, environment, biology, agriculture, prices of food, food deserts and accessibility. Read More.

4. Ben Wood:

   The investment to add satellite capability should not be underestimated. It will likely have taken Apple years to put all the pieces of the puzzle in place including a commercial agreement with satellite provider Globalstar and the creation of the infrastructure needed to pass messages to the emergency services.

5. Ronald Leopold:

   No, I don’t think we can say that a mystery has been solved now. I think it’s an interesting theory that the team came up with, i think they come up with a lot of interesting information, but I also think there are still many missing pieces of the puzzle. And those pieces need to be further investigated in order to see how we can value this new theory.