Riddle Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭdl
An obscure question to be solved for amusement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. conundrum
  2. enigma
  3. mystery
  4. puzzle
  5. charade
  6. perplexity
  7. rebus
  8. ambiguity
  9. brainteaser
  10. crux
  11. intricacy
  12. brain-teaser
  13. koan
  14. labyrinth
  15. brain twister
  16. paradox
  17. problem
  18. puzzler
  19. quandary
  20. sphinx
Antonyms:
  1. answer
  2. solution
  3. explanation. See syn. study at puzzle.puzzle
  4. simplicity
  5. clarity
  6. disentanglement
  7. explanation
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. enigmatic

Riddle Sentence Examples

  • Fred couldn't resist a mystery and here was a riddle on-site.

  • The story of the sphinx's riddle first occurs in the Greek tragedians.

  • The country was ravaged by a monster, the Sphinx; Oedipus solved the riddle which it proposed to its victims, freed the country, and married his own mother.

  • The upper end contains a perforated riddle plate which is placed directly over the riffle box, and under certain circumstances mercury may be placed behind the riffles.

  • The Muses taught her a riddle and the Thebans had to guess it.

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