All puzzle synonyms
puz·zle
P p verb puzzle
- deadend — Alternative spelling of dead-end.
- burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- got to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- befuddle — If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- nonplus — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- dismay — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- becloud — to cover or obscure with a cloud
- hang fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- intertangle — (transitive) To entangle; to intertwine.
- disorienting — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- downing — a downward movement; descent.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- muddying — Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- mystify — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- disorientate — to disorient.
- mix up — an act or instance of mixing.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- bemuse — If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
- elude — Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
noun puzzle
- concours — a contest, esp the concours d'élégance
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- mystery — anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- acronym — An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.
- maze — a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- acrostic — a number of lines of writing, such as a poem, certain letters of which form a word, proverb, etc. A single acrostic is formed by the initial letters of the lines, a double acrostic by the initial and final letters, and a triple acrostic by the initial, middle, and final letters
- competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
- whodunit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- logograph — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).