'Puzzle' definitions:
Definition of 'puzzle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler" [syn: puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser]
noun
A game that tests your ingenuity
verb
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
verb
Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
Definition of 'Puzzle'
From: GCIDE
- Puzzle \Puz"zle\, v. i.
- 1. To be bewildered, or perplexed. [1913 Webster]
- A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'puzzle'
From: GCIDE
- puzzle \puz"zle\ (p[u^]z"z'l), n. [For opposal, in the sense of problem. See Oppose, Pose, v.]
- 1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'puzzle'
From: GCIDE
- puzzle \puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. puzzled (p[u^]z"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. puzzling (p[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
- 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus. [1913 Webster]
- A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make intricate; to entangle. [1913 Webster]
- They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See Embarrass. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'puzzle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- ail,
- amaze,
- apply the mind,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- baffling problem,
- bamboozle,
- be the matter,
- beat,
- befog,
- befuddle,
- beset,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- boggle,
- bother,
- brain twister,
- brain-teaser,
- buffalo,
- cap,
- Chinese puzzle,
- complicate matters,
- concern,
- confound,
- confoundment,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- conundrum,
- crossword puzzle,
- crux,
- dark horse,
- daze,
- decipher,
- dilemma,
- discommode,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- distract,
- distress,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dumbfound,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- figure out,
- fix,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- floorer,
- flummox,
- foil,
- frontier,
- frontiers of knowledge,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- get,
- Gordian knot,
- hammer at,
- hammer away at,
- harass,
- inconvenience,
- irk,
- jam,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- keep in suspense,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- lick,
- matter of ignorance,
- maze,
- mind-boggler,
- muddle,
- mull over,
- muse on,
- muse over,
- mystery,
- mystification,
- mystify,
- n,
- node,
- nodus,
- nonplus,
- nut to crack,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- perplex,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plague,
- plight,
- ponder over,
- pons asinorum,
- pose,
- poser,
- pother,
- predicament,
- problem,
- put out,
- put to it,
- puzzle out,
- puzzle over,
- puzzlement,
- puzzler,
- quandary,
- question,
- question mark,
- reflect over,
- riddle,
- scrape,
- sealed book,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- solve,
- sort out,
- stew,
- stew over,
- stick,
- sticker,
- study,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stumper,
- stymie,
- teaser,
- terra incognita,
- the incalculable,
- the strange,
- the unfamiliar,
- the unknowable,
- the unknown,
- think hard,
- think through,
- throw,
- torment,
- tough proposition,
- trouble,
- unassuredness,
- unexplored ground,
- unexplored territory,
- unknown quantity,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- upset,
- vex,
- vexed question,
- why,
- work out,
- worry,
- x,
- z