Synonyms for riddle
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Solve — to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question
solve, puzzle out, re-solve, decipher, unravel, work out, unriddle, interpret, ravel dated, uncipher dated
Noun
1. Conundrum — A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature
conundrum, enigma, puzzle, mystery, problem, paradox, crux, brain-teaser, poser
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
- v. 2
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
- n. 1
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
Related words
- Word family
- riddlelike riddler
- Phrases
- riddle canon riddle me ree
Example sentences
- solve I found it difficult to solve the problem at once.
- decipher Investigators are trying to decipher what happened.
- diffuse There are focused and diffuse modes of thinking.
By length
- 4 letters
- sift1, crux1
- 5 letters
- solve1, sieve1, ravel2, poser2, rebus2, imbue2
- 6 letters
- screen1, puzzle2, litter2, enigma3
- 7 letters
- problem2, mystery3, paradox3, diffuse2, unravel3, pervade2
- 8 letters
- decipher3, permeate3, unriddle, uncipher
- 9 letters
- interpret3, penetrate3, conundrum3
- 14 letters
- interpenetrate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ravel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cribler
- Italiano
- setacciare
- Deutsch
- sieben