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Definitions for Enigma
[1] a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation.
[2] a person of puzzling or contradictory character: To me he has always been an enigma, one minute completely insensitive, the next moved to tears.
[3] a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle.
[4] (initial capital letter ) a German-built enciphering machine developed for commercial use in the early 1920s and later adapted and appropriated by German and other Axis powers for military use through World War II.
[5] a person, thing, or situation that is mysterious, puzzling, or ambiguous
Words related to Enigma
conundrum, puzzle, riddle, mystification, perplexity, stickler, question, secret, cliffhanger, twister, puzzlement, cryptogram, parable, crux, puzzler, knot, why, bewilderment, problem, stumper
Words nearby Enigma
enhancer, enharmonic, enharmonic modulation, enhearten, enid, enigma, enigmatic, enigmatize, enisle, eniwetok, enjambment
Origin of Enigma
1530–40; < Latin aenigma < Greek aínigma, equivalent to ainik- (stem of ainíssesthai to speak in riddles, derivative of aînos fable) + -ma noun suffix of result
Word origin for Enigma
C16: from Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigma, from ainissesthai to speak in riddles, from ainos fable, story
Synonyms for Enigma
conundrum, puzzle, bewilderment, cliffhanger, crux, cryptogram, grabber, knot, mystification, parable, perplexity, problem, puzzlement, puzzler, question, riddle, secret, sphinx, sticker, stickler, stumper, teaser, twister, why, Gordian knot, mind-boggler, mind-twister, question mark, sixty-four dollar question, tough nut to crack