All problem synonyms
probΒ·lem
P p noun problem
- grabber β a person or thing that grabs.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- botheration β bother
- hold-up β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- bad news β someone or something regarded as undesirable
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- crunch β If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
- bone of contention β If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument.
- glitch β a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- abstruseness β hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- hard nut to crack β a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- bother β If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- liability β liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- agnosticism β Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- fly in the ointment β Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- dilemma β a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- neurosis β Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- obstacle β something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- headache β a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- callisthenics β light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- closed book β something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- inutility β uselessness.
- dog's breakfast β a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
- business β Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- apple of discord β a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest". It was claimed by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, to whom Paris awarded it, thus beginning a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
- hang-up β a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; complex: His hang-up is trying to outdo his brother.
- leitmotif β a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea.
- brain teaser β A brain teaser is a question, problem, or puzzle that is difficult to answer or solve, but is not serious or important.
- football β a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- gordian knot β pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- boogeyman β a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- cropper β a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
- habit β an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- misery β wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- incompleteness β not complete; lacking some part.
- cunctation β delay
- inconvenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- 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.
- bugbear β Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.
- loup-garou β a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- brain-teaser β a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
- objection β a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
- deep water β having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
adj problem
- easier said than done β difficult to do