Mystery Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭstə-rē
The quality of being mysterious
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. inscrutability
  2. inscrutableness
  3. unfathomableness
  4. unfathomability
  5. undiscoverability
  6. unanswerableness
  7. unexplainableness
  8. inexplicableness
  9. abstruseness
  10. equivocality
  11. esoterism
  12. occultism
  13. cabalism
  14. inexplicability
  15. insolvability
  16. undefinability
Antonyms:
  1. clarity
  2. discoverability
  3. scrutability
Something difficult to know
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. enigma
  2. riddle
  3. conundrum
  4. puzzle
  5. secret
  6. whodunit
  7. arcanum
  8. cliffhanger
  9. perplexity
  10. craft
  11. mystery-story
  12. intricacy
  13. novel
  14. puzzler
  15. story
  16. stumper
  17. enigmaticalness
  18. thriller
  19. trade
  20. closed-book
  21. indefinability
  22. unaccountableness
Antonyms:
  1. known
  2. understanding
A trick
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sleight of hand
  2. trick of magic
  3. juggle
*A mystery story
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. detective story
  2. mystery-play
  3. mystery movie

Words Related to Mystery

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Mystery Sentence Examples

  • I like a mystery without dead bodies.

  • And the mystery is still unsolved.

  • If you read some of these here mystery books, you'd pick up lots of point­ers for that job of yours.

  • I might as well go back to my mystery novels.

  • Was that where he planned to meet the mystery person?

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