enigma

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \i-ˈnig-mə, e-\
- /ɪˈnɪɡ.mə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \i-ˈnig-mə, e-\

Definitions of enigma word

noun enigma A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. 1
noun enigma puzzle, mystery 1
noun enigma puzzling person 1
noun Definition of enigma in Technology (hardware, cryptography) The electro-mechanical cipher engine used by the Germans in World War II to encrypt and decrypt field orders. Many of their messages were deciphered at Bletchley Park, by Alan Turing and others. See also: Tunny Emulator. 1
countable noun enigma If you describe something or someone as an enigma, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand. 0
noun enigma a person, thing, or situation that is mysterious, puzzling, or ambiguous 0

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enigma popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for enigma

noun enigma

paradox — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
conundrum — A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
mystery — anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
riddle — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.

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