Challenge
Challenge noun - Something that requires thought and skill for resolution.
Usage example: the many challenges facing developing countries in the 21st century
Issue and challenge are semantically related in problem topic. In some cases you can use "Issue" instead a noun "Challenge", when it comes to topics like question.
How words are described
| special | special challenge | special issue |
| particular | particular challenge | particular issue |
| similar | similar challenge | similar issue |
| common | common challenge | common issue |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, main, personal, new, early, major, final, later, next, last, previous, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He goes so far as to (politely) challenge the God of Destruction to a fight, which Beerus notes is the first time in his extremely long life anyone has had the guts to issue such a challenge.
Source: Challenge Seeker -
I Gave My Word: Yuddhishtira gave his word never to back down from a challenge; this is a doubly huge issue because he is a Kshatriya, for whom such promises are very much Serious Business.
Source: Literature / Mahabharata -
Perhaps his other greatest challenge during his White House years was the issue over the Tariff of 1828.
Source: Useful Notes / Andrew Jackson
Cite this Source
Issue and Challenge. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/challenge/issue
Challenge & Issue. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/challenge/issue>.
Issue or Challenge. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/challenge/issue.
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