A difficult problem.
synoniemen: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle.
Roget 520:
equivocalness
etc.
adj.;
double meaning
etc.
516;
ambiguity,
double entente,
double entendre [Fr.],
pun,
paragram†,
calembour†,
quibble,
equivoque [Fr.],
anagram;
conundrum
etc.
(riddle)
533;
play on words,
word play
etc.
(wit)
842;
homonym,
homonymy [Gramm.];
amphiboly†,
amphibology†;
ambilogy†,
ambiloquy†.
Sphinx,
Delphic oracle.
equivocation
etc.
(duplicity)
544;
white lie,
mental reservation
etc.
(concealment)
528;
paltering.
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Roget 533:
secret;
dead secret,
profound secret;
arcanum†,
mystery;
latency
etc.
526;
Asian mystery†;
sealed book,
secrets of the prison house;
le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma,
riddle,
puzzle,
nut to crack,
conundrum,
charade,
rebus,
logogriph†;
monogram,
anagram;
Sphinx;
crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze,
labyrinth,
Hyrcynian wood;
intricacy,
meander.
problem
etc.
(question)
461;
paradox
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
unintelligibility
etc.
519;
terra incognita
etc.
(ignorance)
491.
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Roget 842:
wit,
humor,
wittiness;
sense of humor;
attic wit,
attic salt;
atticism†;
salt,
esprit,
point,
fancy,
whim,
drollery,
pleasantry.
farce,
buffoonery,
fooling,
tomfoolery;
shenanigan [U.S.],
harlequinade
etc.
599†;
broad farce,
broad humor;
fun,
espieglerie [Fr.];
vis comica [Lat.].
jocularity;
jocosity,
jocoseness†;
facetiousness;
waggery,
waggishness;
whimsicality;
comicality
etc.
853.
banter,
badinage,
retort,
repartee,
smartness,
ready wit,
quid-pro-quo;
ridicule
etc.
856.
jest,
joke,
jape,
jibe;
facetiae [Lat.],
levity,
quips and cranks;
capital joke;
canorae nugae [Lat.];
standing jest,
standing joke,
private joke,
conceit,
quip,
quirk,
crank,
quiddity,
concetto†,
plaisanterie [Fr.],
brilliant idea;
merry thought,
bright thought,
happy thought;
sally;
flash of wit,
flash of merriment;
scintillation;
mot [Fr.],
mot pour rire [Fr.];
witticism,
smart saying,
bon-mot,
jeu d'esprit [Fr.],
epigram;
jest book;
dry joke,
quodlibet,
cream of the jest.
word-play,
jeu de mots [Fr.];
play of words,
play upon words;
pun,
punning;
double entente,
double entendre [Fr.]
etc.
(ambiguity)
520;
quibble,
verbal quibble;
conundrum
etc.
(riddle)
533;
anagram,
acrostic,
double acrostic,
trifling,
idle conceit,
turlupinade†.
old joke,
tired joke,
flat joke,
Joe Miller†.
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Nederlands: woordraadsel, hersenbreker, raadselachtige zaak, enigma, raadsel
Pools: enigmat