Conundrum
Conundrum noun - Something hard to understand or explain.
Usage example: the conundrum of how an ancient people were able to build such massive structures without the benefit of today's knowledge and technology
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Synonyms for Conundrum
Problem
Problem noun - Something that requires thought and skill for resolution.
Usage example: the problem of world hunger
Conundrum is a synonym for problem in puzzle topic. You can use "Conundrum" instead a noun "Problem", if it concerns topics such as enigma. popular alternative
Nearby Words: problematic, problematical
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- crux and conundrum
- crux and problem
- predicament and conundrum
- predicament and problem
- question and conundrum
- question and problem
- challenge and conundrum
- challenge and problem
- riddle and conundrum
- riddle and problem
- difficulty and conundrum
- difficulty and problem
- secret and conundrum
- secret and problem
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It actually caused a problem for Bond, they were trapped in a "too pop for classical charts, to classical for pop charts" conundrum for quite a while.
- The problem is is that Ray doesn't like having games left uncompleted on his account and thus he's left in an conundrum as he can't choose a game that he can't easily complete.
- He returned to the film in the following week's Intermission editorial "Conundrum" to discuss another problem he had with the film, the fact that plot threads that should have been resolved within the film itself to create a complete narrative were instead Left Hanging for the sequel.
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Problem and Conundrum. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conundrum/problem
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