mystery

English Thesaurus

1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	perplexity,
definition	:	trouble or confusion resulting from complexity (noun.cognition)

2. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	story,
definition	:	a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	detective story,
definition	:	a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	murder mystery,
definition	:	a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered (noun.communication)

3. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	mystify,
definition	:	make mysterious (verb.change)

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	:	enigmatic, oracular,
definition	:	resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought (adj.all)

derivation	:	enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling,
definition	:	not clear to the understanding (adj.all)

derivation	:	mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret,
definition	:	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

derivation	:	cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying,
definition	:	of an obscure nature (adj.all)

derivation	:	mystify,
definition	:	make mysterious (verb.change)

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	:	enigmatic, oracular,
definition	:	resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought (adj.all)

derivation	:	enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling,
definition	:	not clear to the understanding (adj.all)

derivation	:	mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret,
definition	:	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

derivation	:	cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying,
definition	:	of an obscure nature (adj.all)