conundrum
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Muamma.
2. bilmece.
3. kelime oyunlu bilmece.
4. merak konusu.
5. uluslararası olaylarda belirsizlik.
6. cevabı kelime oyununa dayanan bir çeşit bilmece.
7. bilmece anlamında kullanılan bir sözcük.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
dilemma, enigma, puzzle, question, riddle
Tanımlar :
1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: "the conundrum, thus far unanswered, of achieving full employment without inflation” ( Arthur M. schlesinger, jr.)
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
2. A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.
2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A conceit; a device; a hoax.
2. A riddle in which some odd resemblance is proposed for discovery between things quite unlike, or some odd difference between similar things, the answer often involving a pun.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a difficult problem
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.