puzzle
English Thesaurus
1. a game that tests your ingenuity (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | game, |
| definition | : | the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chinese puzzle, |
| definition | : | intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | jigsaw puzzle, |
| definition | : | a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | tangram, |
| definition | : | a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | crossword, crossword puzzle, |
| definition | : | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle (noun.communication) |
2. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | problem, |
| definition | : | a question raised for consideration or solution (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sudoku, |
| definition | : | a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | acrostic, word square, |
| definition | : | a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across (noun.communication) |
3. be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)
| hyponym | : | mix up, stump, |
| definition | : | cause to be perplexed or confounded (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | riddle, |
| definition | : | set a difficult problem or riddle (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | elude, escape, |
| definition | : | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative) |
4. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion)
| hypernym | : | chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over, |
| definition | : | reflect deeply on a subject (verb.cognition) |
5. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | puzzle, |
| definition | : | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion) |
6. be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)
| also | : | puzzle over, |
| definition | : | try to solve (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | mystification, obfuscation, |
| definition | : | the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | mystification, |
| definition | : | something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser, |
| definition | : | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | poser, sticker, stumper, toughie, |
| definition | : | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | stupefaction, |
| definition | : | a feeling of stupefied astonishment (noun.feeling) |
7. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion)
| derivation | : | mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser, |
| definition | : | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication) |
8. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | puzzle, |
| definition | : | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion) |
9. be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)
| also | : | puzzle over, |
| definition | : | try to solve (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | mystification, obfuscation, |
| definition | : | the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | mystification, |
| definition | : | something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser, |
| definition | : | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | poser, sticker, stumper, toughie, |
| definition | : | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | stupefaction, |
| definition | : | a feeling of stupefied astonishment (noun.feeling) |
10. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion)
| derivation | : | mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser, |
| definition | : | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication) |
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