All closed book synonyms
closed book
C c noun closed book
- puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- brain-teaser β a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
- riddle β a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- mystery β anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
- conundrum β A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
- subtlety β the state or quality of being subtle.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- secrecy β the state or condition of being secret, hidden, or concealed: a meeting held in secrecy.
- thriller β a person or thing that thrills.
- dilemma β a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- quandary β a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
- complexity β Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.
- puzzlement β the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- poser β wannabe, pretentious person
- mystification β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- problem β any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- why β for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly?
- brain-teaser β a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
- perplexity β the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- stickler β a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- cliffhanger β A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- twister β a person or thing that twists.
- occult β of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- cryptogram β a secret symbol
- crux β The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- charade β If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
- oracle β Oracle Corporation
- stumper β a person or thing that stumps.
- abstruseness β hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- grabber β a person or thing that grabs.
- whodunit β a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- chiller β A chiller is a very frightening film or novel.
- teaser β a person or thing that teases.
- inscrutability β incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- sphinx β a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- rune β a poem, song, or verse.
- rebus β a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
- strait β Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- plight β Archaic. pledge.
- complication β A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- maze β a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- labyrinth β an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- confusion β If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- distraction β the act of distracting.
- predicament β an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- bewilderment β Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- intricacy β intricate character or state.