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mysteries

NOUN

puzzle, secret

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conundrum enigma problem question riddle secrecy subtlety thriller

STRONG

abstruseness charade chiller cliffhanger crux cryptogram difficulty grabber inscrutability mystification occult oracle perplexity poser puzzlement rebus rune sphinx stickler stumper teaser twister whodunit why

WEAK

brainteaser braintwister closed book inscrutableness mindboggler sixty-four-thousand-dollar question tough nut to crack

Antonyms

WEAK

known understanding

Example Sentences

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Mysteries abound, and the experience of seeing “Sound of Falling” is likely to differ from viewer to viewer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

It builds our capacity for what Keats called “negative capability,” a tolerance for “being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Mysteries remain about Vittrup Man, but this detailed understanding of his geographic and dietary life history provides new insights into interactions between Mesolithic and Neolithic societies in Europe.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Stephen Buoro’s first novel, “The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa,” is a coming-of-age story set in present-day Nigeria.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

I was carrying the big oak-tag Mysteries of Science poster I’d made at school.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead