Synonyms of puzzles

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noun

plural of puzzle

as in mysteries

something hard to understand or explain

the final fate of the colonists at Roanoke remains a puzzle to this very day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mysteries
• enigmas
• riddles
• conundrums
• secrets
• problems
• mystifications
• puzzlements
• challenges
• whys
• head-scratchers
• closed books
• brainteasers
• matters
• perplexities
• stumpers
• troubles
• posers
• cases
• knots

puzzles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of puzzle

as in baffles

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

it is the cause of the disease that puzzles doctors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffles
• perplexes
• confuses
• bewilders
• mazes
• poses
• rattles
• befuddles
• vexes
• mystifies
• confounds
• fuddles
• bamboozles
• bothers
• flummoxes
• discombobulates
• foxes
• flusters
• muddles
• disorients
• embarrasses
• stuns
• addles
• bemuses
• gravels
• disturbs
• upsets
• befogs
• beats
• buffaloes
• gets
• muddies
• unsettles
• sticks
• blows one's mind
• stumps
• goes to one's head
• disconcerts
• distresses
• tricks
• discountenances
• nonplusses
• abashes
• nonpluses
• discomfits
• fazes
• mortifies
• discomposes
• disquiets
• fools
• discomforts
• agitates
• dismays
• weirds out
• hoaxes
• perturbs
• deceives
• unhinges
• chagrins
• strings along
• snows
• humbugs
• deludes
• gulls
• misleads
• dupes
• cozens
• takes in
• hoodwinks
• beguiles
• misguides

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assures
• satisfies
• informs
• reassures
• enlightens