riddle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

Synonyms

• riddle

More generic

• screen
• sieve

Noun

a difficult problem

Synonyms

• brain-teaser
• conundrum
• enigma
• riddle

More generic

• problem

Verb

set a difficult problem or riddle

Synonyms

• riddle

More generic

• amaze
• baffle
• beat
• bewilder
• dumbfound
• flummox
• get
• gravel
• mystify
• nonplus
• perplex
• pose
• puzzle
• stick
• stupefy
• vex

Verb

explain a riddle

Synonyms

• riddle

More generic

• figure out
• lick
• puzzle out
• solve
• work
• work out

Verb

speak in riddles

Synonyms

• riddle

More generic

• communicate
• intercommunicate

Verb

spread or diffuse through

Synonyms

• diffuse
• imbue
• interpenetrate
• penetrate
• permeate
• pervade
• riddle

More generic

• penetrate
• perforate

More specific

• spiritise
• spiritize

Verb

pierce with many holes

Synonyms

• riddle

More generic

• pierce

Verb

separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Synonyms

• riddle
• screen

More generic

• sieve
• sift
• strain

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