Enigma

//ɪˈnɪɡmə//

Synonyms for "enigma" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (33)

Noun(1 words)
mystery

Related words (56)

Noun(3 words)
riddlesecretsphinx

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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at location

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dbpedia genre

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

15 entries

Translations

122 translations across 60 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • enigmë noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Arabic

2 entries
  • غَامِضَة noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • لُغْز noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Armenian

2 entries
  • առեղծված noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • հանելուկ noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Asturian

1 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • müəmma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • зага́дка noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • зага́дка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • зага́дка noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • зага́дка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စကားထာ noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Catalan

1 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 謎 /谜 noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Czech

2 entries
  • záhada noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • záhada noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Danish

1 entries
  • gåde noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Dutch

4 entries
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • mysterie noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • raadsel noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • raadsel noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • enigmo noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enigmo noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Estonian

1 entries
  • mõistatus noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Finnish

3 entries
  • arvoitus noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • arvoitus noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • mysteeri noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

French

2 entries
  • énigme noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • énigme noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Galician

1 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გამოცანა noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

German

4 entries
  • Enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • Knobelaufgabe noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • Knobelei noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • Mysterium noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Greek

3 entries
  • αίνιγμα noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • αίνιγμα noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • πρόβλημα noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חִידָה noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • תַּעֲלוּמָה noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Hindi

3 entries
  • पहेली noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • मुअम्मा noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • राज़ noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • ráðgáta noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • ráðgáta noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Italian

3 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • indovinello noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 謎 noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • 謎 noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жұмбақ noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Khmer

2 entries
  • បណ្ដៅ noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • ប្រស្នា noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수수께끼 noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • 수수께끼 noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • табышмак noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄຳທວຍ noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Latin

2 entries
  • aenigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • aenigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Latvian

1 entries
  • noslēpums noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • mįslė noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • paslaptis noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • загатка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gåte noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Occitan

1 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Pashto

1 entries
  • معما noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Persian

2 entries
  • معما noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • معما noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Polish

4 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • tajemnica noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • zagadka noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • mistério noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Romanian

2 entries
  • enigmă noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • ghicitoare noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Russian

3 entries
  • головоло́мка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • зага́дка noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • зага́дка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • dubh-cheist noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • dubh-cheist noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • dubh-fhacal noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • dubh-fhacal noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • zȁgonētka noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • zȁgonētka noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • за̏гоне̄тка noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • за̏гоне̄тка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Slovak

2 entries
  • záhada noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • záhada noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Slovene

2 entries
  • uganka noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • uganka noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Spanish

2 entries
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Swedish

2 entries
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • gåta noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hibat noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Tajik

2 entries
  • муаммо noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • муаммо noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Tatar

1 entries
  • табышмак noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปริศนา noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bilmece noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • bilmece noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)
  • enigma noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enigma noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • зага́дка noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • зага́дка noun (riddle, or a difficult problem)

Urdu

3 entries
  • راز noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • معما noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • پہیلی noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تېپىشماق noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • jumboq noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • topishmoq noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • điều bí ẩn noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Walloon

2 entries
  • cwacwa noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
  • enike noun (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)

Sample sentences

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Tom is an enigma.

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Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

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Sometimes I am an enigma to myself.

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What she said was an enigma to me.

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