ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCconundrum
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conundrum
Meaning: a confusing and difficult problem
conundrum in a sentence
How conundrum is used in real sentences:
Choosing between two great colleges was a real conundrum.
Choosing between two great colleges was a real conundrum.
“As British pressure increased, Thomas faced a conundrum: remaining risked seizure, but leaving could cost readers; his eccentric answer was to move secretly while pretending the press would stay.”
— from the passage Ink Before Dawn
Synonyms for conundrum
Other words for conundrum — puzzle, dilemma and quandary — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of conundrum
Words that mean the opposite of conundrum:
- solution
- answer
Where it comes from
Uncertain, possibly 17th-c. university slang
Memory hook
CONUNDRUM sounds like a drum-confusion you can't beat.