Problem

//ˈpɹɒbləm//

Synonyms for "problem" (214 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related words (107)

infirmity inquiry interrogation interrogative interrogatory intractable issue jam jigsaw puzzle kink knot knotty point leader leading question little problem living issue lookout main point maladjusted matter

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Noun(3 words)

job rub trouble

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

7 entries

challenge difficultness difficulty head issue obstacle question

More specific

1 entries

Entscheidungsproblem

Antonyms

4 entries

answer math math answer solution

Synonyms

3 entries

case challenge trouble

Related terms

4 entries

problematic problematical problematize trouble

at location

1 entries

quandry

capable of

1 entries

slow work

causes desire

4 entries

cogitate create idea find information program

derived

182 entries

ABA problem Alhazen's problem Apollonian problem Archimedes' problem Basel problem Behrens-Fisher problem Bongard problem Brocard's problem Buffon's needle problem C10K problem C10M problem Cadillac problem Canadian traveller problem Cauchy problem Chinese postman problem Dirichlet problem

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distinct from

3 entries

good ok solution

is a

4 entries

difficulty information transfer question request

related to

62 entries

answer arithmetic arithmetic homework bad bad situation be solved bothersome causes challenge circumstance decisions difficult difficulty dilemma example exams

Showing 16 of 62 words.

Translations

278 translations across 104 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

probleem noun (difficulty)
probleem noun (schoolwork exercise)
probleem noun (puzzling circumstance)

Albanian

3 entries

problem noun (difficulty)
zavall noun (difficulty)
çështje noun (difficulty)

Amharic

1 entries

ችግር noun (difficulty)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

πρόβλημα noun (schoolwork exercise)
ἀπορία noun (difficulty)

Arabic

4 entries

تَمْرِين noun (schoolwork exercise)
مشكل noun (difficulty)
مشكلة noun (difficulty)
مصيبة noun (difficulty)

Aragonese

1 entries

problema noun (difficulty)

Armenian

3 entries

խնդիր noun (difficulty)
խնդիր noun (schoolwork exercise)
հարց noun (schoolwork exercise)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܡܘܼܫܟܸܠܵܐ noun (difficulty)

Asturian

2 entries

problema noun (difficulty)
problema noun (schoolwork exercise)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

məsələ noun (difficulty)
problem noun (difficulty)

Bashkir

4 entries

мәсьәлә noun (difficulty)
мәсьәлә noun (schoolwork exercise)
мәсьәлә noun (puzzling circumstance)
проблема noun (difficulty)

Basque

4 entries

arazo noun (difficulty)
arazo noun (puzzling circumstance)
buruhauste noun (puzzling circumstance)
buruketa noun (schoolwork exercise)

Belarusian

3 entries

зада́нне noun (schoolwork exercise)
зада́ча noun (schoolwork exercise)
прабле́ма noun (difficulty)

Bengali

4 entries

অসুবিধা noun (difficulty)
ঝামেলা noun (difficulty)
ঝামেলা noun (puzzling circumstance)
প্রব্লাম্ noun (difficulty)

Breton

2 entries

kudenn noun (difficulty)
poelladenn noun (schoolwork exercise)

Bulgarian

2 entries

зада́ча noun (schoolwork exercise)
пробле́м noun (difficulty)

Burmese

1 entries

ပြဿနာ noun (difficulty)

Catalan

3 entries

problema noun (difficulty)
problema noun (schoolwork exercise)
problema noun (puzzling circumstance)

Cebuano

2 entries

kalisud noun (difficulty)
problema noun (puzzling circumstance)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

問題 /问题 noun (difficulty)
困難 /困难 noun (difficulty)
習題 /习题 noun (schoolwork exercise)
課題 /课题 noun (schoolwork exercise)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

問題 /问题 noun (difficulty)
困難 /困难 noun (difficulty)
習題 /习题 noun (schoolwork exercise)
課題 /课题 noun (schoolwork exercise)

Czech

1 entries

problém noun (difficulty)

Danish

1 entries

problem noun (difficulty)

Dari

3 entries

مَسْئَلَه noun (difficulty)
مَسْئَلَه noun (schoolwork exercise)
مُشْکِل noun (difficulty)

Dutch

4 entries

oefening noun (schoolwork exercise)
probleem noun (difficulty)
probleem noun (schoolwork exercise)
probleem noun (puzzling circumstance)

Esperanto

1 entries

problemo noun (difficulty)

Estonian

4 entries

harjutus noun (schoolwork exercise)
kitsikus noun (difficulty)
küsimus noun (difficulty)
mure noun (difficulty)

Farefare

1 entries

yelle noun (puzzling circumstance)

Finnish

4 entries

harjoitus noun (schoolwork exercise)
harjoitustehtävä noun (schoolwork exercise)
ongelma noun (difficulty)
probleemi noun (difficulty)

French

2 entries

problème noun (difficulty)
problème noun (schoolwork exercise)

Galician

2 entries

problema noun (difficulty)
problema noun (schoolwork exercise)

Georgian

3 entries

ამოცანა noun (schoolwork exercise)
პრობლემა noun (difficulty)
სირთულე noun (difficulty)

German

2 entries

Problem noun (difficulty)
Übung noun (schoolwork exercise)

Greek

3 entries

πρόβλημα noun (difficulty)
πρόβλημα noun (schoolwork exercise)
πρόβλημα noun (puzzling circumstance)

Hebrew

1 entries

בְּעָיָה noun (difficulty)

Hiligaynon

2 entries

palaligban noun (difficulty)
problema noun (difficulty)

Hindi

4 entries

दिक़्क़त noun (difficulty)
दिक्कत noun (difficulty)
प्रश्न noun (difficulty)
मसला noun (difficulty)

Hungarian

4 entries

baj noun (difficulty)
feladat noun (schoolwork exercise)
gond noun (difficulty)
nehézség noun (difficulty)

Icelandic

1 entries

vandamál noun (difficulty)

Indonesian

1 entries

masalah noun (difficulty)

Ingrian

3 entries

primera noun (schoolwork exercise)
reknatus noun (schoolwork exercise)
zadaci noun (schoolwork exercise)

Interlingua

1 entries

problema noun (schoolwork exercise)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

مَسْئَلِه noun (difficulty)
مَسْئَلِه noun (schoolwork exercise)
مُشْکِل noun (difficulty)

Irish

4 entries

deacracht noun (difficulty)
fadhb noun (difficulty)
fadhb noun (schoolwork exercise)
fadhb noun (puzzling circumstance)

Italian

1 entries

problema noun (difficulty)

Japanese

3 entries

問題 noun (difficulty)
問題 noun (schoolwork exercise)
課題 noun (schoolwork exercise)

Kabyle

1 entries

aɣbel noun (difficulty)

Kazakh

2 entries

мәселе noun (difficulty)
проблема noun (difficulty)

Khmer

1 entries

ចំណោទ noun (difficulty)

Korean

3 entries

과제 noun (schoolwork exercise)
문제 noun (difficulty)
문제 noun (schoolwork exercise)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

көйгөй noun (difficulty)
маселе noun (difficulty)
проблема noun (difficulty)

Lao

1 entries

ບັນຫາ noun (difficulty)

Latin

1 entries

problēma noun (puzzling circumstance)

Latvian

2 entries

problēma noun (difficulty)
uzdevums noun (schoolwork exercise)

Lithuanian

1 entries

problema noun (difficulty)

Macedonian

4 entries

за́дача noun (schoolwork exercise)
про́блем noun (difficulty)
про́блем noun (schoolwork exercise)
про́блем noun (puzzling circumstance)

Malay

3 entries

kemusykilan noun (difficulty)
kesulitan noun (difficulty)
masalah noun (difficulty)

Malayalam

1 entries

പ്രശ്നം noun (difficulty)

Maltese

1 entries

problema noun (difficulty)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

taãɓu noun (difficulty)

Middle English

2 entries

probleme noun (schoolwork exercise)
probleme noun (puzzling circumstance)

Mirandese

1 entries

porblema noun (difficulty)

Mongolian

2 entries

хүндрэл noun (difficulty)
ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠷᠡᠯ noun (difficulty)

Māori

2 entries

rapanga noun (schoolwork exercise)
rarunga noun (difficulty)

Neapolitan

1 entries

prubblema noun (difficulty)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

shaka noun (difficulty)

Norman

2 entries

problième noun (difficulty)
problième noun (schoolwork exercise)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

mesele noun (difficulty)
problem noun (difficulty)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

aber noun (difficulty)
oppgave noun (schoolwork exercise)
problem noun (difficulty)
utfordring noun (puzzling circumstance)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

problem noun (difficulty)

Occitan

2 entries

problèma noun (difficulty)
problèma noun (schoolwork exercise)

Old English

2 entries

hremming noun (difficulty)
wiern noun (difficulty)

Oromo

1 entries

rakkina noun (difficulty)

Pashto

2 entries

مسئله noun (difficulty)
کشاله noun (difficulty)

Polish

3 entries

kłopot noun (difficulty)
problem noun (difficulty)
zadanie noun (schoolwork exercise)

Portuguese

4 entries

exercício noun (schoolwork exercise)
problema noun (difficulty)
problema noun (schoolwork exercise)
problema noun (puzzling circumstance)

Romanian

4 entries

exercițiu noun (schoolwork exercise)
problemă noun (difficulty)
problemă noun (schoolwork exercise)
problemă noun (puzzling circumstance)

Russian

4 entries

зада́ние noun (schoolwork exercise)
зада́ча noun (schoolwork exercise)
зада́ча noun (puzzling circumstance)
пробле́ма noun (difficulty)

Sanskrit

1 entries

समस्या noun (difficulty)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

duilgheadas noun (difficulty)
staing noun (difficulty)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jednàdžba noun (schoolwork exercise)
pròblēm noun (difficulty)
pròblēm noun (schoolwork exercise)
pròblēm noun (puzzling circumstance)

Slovak

1 entries

problém noun (difficulty)

Slovene

1 entries

problem noun (difficulty)

Spanish

4 entries

bronca noun (puzzling circumstance)
caucáu noun (objection)
dificultad noun (difficulty)
ejercicio noun (schoolwork exercise)

Swahili

4 entries

masaibu noun (difficulty)
masaibu noun (schoolwork exercise)
masaibu noun (puzzling circumstance)
tatizo noun (difficulty)

Swedish

4 entries

problem noun (difficulty)
problem noun (schoolwork exercise)
uppgift noun (schoolwork exercise)
övning noun (schoolwork exercise)

Tagalog

2 entries

problema noun (difficulty)
problema noun (puzzling circumstance)

Tajik

3 entries

масъала noun (difficulty)
мушкил noun (difficulty)
проблема noun (difficulty)

Tatar

1 entries

мәсьәлә noun (difficulty)

Thai

3 entries

ปัญหา noun (difficulty)
เรื่อง noun (puzzling circumstance)
โจทย์ noun (schoolwork exercise)

Tibetan

1 entries

རྙོག་དྲ noun (difficulty)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries

مشكل noun (difficulty)

Turkish

3 entries

problem noun (difficulty)
soru noun (schoolwork exercise)
sorun noun (difficulty)

Turkmen

3 entries

mesele noun (difficulty)
problem noun (difficulty)
problema noun (difficulty)

Tuvaluan

1 entries

fakalavelave noun (difficulty)

Ukrainian

3 entries

завда́ння noun (schoolwork exercise)
зада́ча noun (schoolwork exercise)
пробле́ма noun (difficulty)

Urdu

4 entries

دِقَّت noun (difficulty)
مَسْئَلَہ noun (difficulty)
مُشْکِل noun (difficulty)
مُصِیبَت noun (difficulty)

Uyghur

1 entries

مەسىلە noun (difficulty)

Uzbek

3 entries

masala noun (difficulty)
muammo noun (difficulty)
problema noun (difficulty)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vấn đề noun (difficulty)

Walloon

4 entries

arnåjhe noun (difficulty)
aroke noun (difficulty)
asticote noun (difficulty)
problinme noun (schoolwork exercise)

Welsh

1 entries

problem noun (difficulty)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּראָבלעם noun (difficulty)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

toop noun (difficulty)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Then there is a problem...

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There's a problem there that you don't see.

Source: tatoeba (1390)

Where is the problem?

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Therein lies the problem.

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Problem

Synonyms for "problem" (214 found)

Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (64)

Related words (107)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

capable of

causes desire

derived

distinct from

is a

related to

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Farefare

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hiligaynon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kabyle

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam

Maltese

Maore Comorian

Middle English