enigma

Meaning of enigma

noun
  1. a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.
    Madeleine was still an enigma to him

mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek ainigma, from ainissesthai ‘speak allusively’, from ainos ‘fable’.

Information about enigma

Hyphenation of enigma

enigma

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • enigma is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

enigma synonyms

Meaning mystery:

mystery, secret

Meaning riddle:

riddle, conundrum

Meaning a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma:

puzzle

Meaning a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true:

paradox

Meaning a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome:

problem

Meaning a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information:

question

Meaning a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation:

quandary

Meaning a person who poses; a poseur:

poser

Meaning a person who makes fun of or provokes others in a playful or unkind way:

teaser

Meaning a puzzling question:

stumper

Translation of enigma

Anagrams of enigma

Amigen, gamine, Gemina, igname, imagen, maeing

Words that rhyme with enigma

aenigma, arthrosterigma, sterigma, Pleurosigma, Sigma, sigma, Physostigma, Pleurostigma, chalcostigma, hypostigma, physostigma, pseudostigma, pterostigma, stigma

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