Synonyms for Puzzling

Synonyms for "puzzling" (157 found)

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Closest matches (32)

able abstruse ambiguous baffling beguiling bewildering bothering complex confounding confused confusing contradictory cryptic dark difficult discomposing

Verb(1 words)

baffled

Noun(10 words)

baffling bedeviling bewilder brainteaser confound confuse confusing conundrumcounting confusiondetermine

Adjective(5 words)

befuddling bemusingcomplex instructionsconfusingcryptic statement

Strong matches (47)

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inconceivable incredible indefinite inexplicable intricate marvelous miraculous misleading mysterious mystifying

Noun(11 words)

enigma enigmaticextremely difficultflummox flummoxing intriguingmore obscuremore unexplainedmost ambiguousmost unclearmystery

Adjective(4 words)

enigmatic enigmatical foggiest maddening

Verb(2 words)

mystified nonplusing

Related words (78)

Verb(2 words)

nonplussing vexing

obscure occult opaque outlandish paradoxicalpassing strangeperplexing perturbing phenomenal problematic problematical prodigious profound queer rare remarkable riddling sealed sensational sphinxlike

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Adjective(8 words)

paradoxical perplexing puzzle-like puzzledunclear diagramunclearerunknown domainunsettling

Noun(9 words)

perplex perplexing puzzlereasoning puzzleresolve solve thought-provokingunexplained phenomenonunexplained word

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

adjectivecognitive effectcognitive taskdescriptor phenomenon problem situation

More specific

15 entries

analysis bafflebrain teaserbrainteaser conundrumcryptic cluededuction enigmahard probleminferencemysterious riddlemystery riddle stumptrick question

Collocations

16 entries

logic puzzlemath puzzlepuzzle bookpuzzle gamepuzzle piecepuzzling casepuzzling cluepuzzling conceptpuzzling datapuzzling issuepuzzling phenomenonpuzzling problempuzzling questionpuzzling resultpuzzling situationword puzzle

Inflections

5 entries

more puzzlingmost puzzlingpuzzled puzzles puzzlings

Derivations

5 entries

puzzle puzzled puzzlement puzzler puzzlingly

similar

3 entries

incomprehensible unclear uncomprehensible

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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This is puzzling.

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I can see how that would be puzzling.

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This is quite puzzling.

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I find this puzzling.

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Puzzling