All mystery synonyms
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M m noun mystery
- puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- riddle β a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- 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.
- problem β any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- thriller β a person or thing that thrills.
- mystification β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- 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.
- puzzlement β the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- 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.
- poser β wannabe, pretentious person
- why β for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly?
- 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.
- brainteaser β an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- closed book β something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- anonymity β the condition or fact of being anonymous
- obscurity β the state or quality of being obscure.
- ambiguity β If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
- vagueness β (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person.
- secret β done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- enigma β A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
- inscrutableness β Inscrutability.
adjective mystery
- unknown β not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- anonymous β If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- unidentified β to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- clandestine β Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- furtive β taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- enigmatic β Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.
- covert β Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- cryptic β A cryptic remark or message contains a hidden meaning or is difficult to understand.