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Nouns (5)

n. a toy that tests your ingenuity

n. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

n. a return or service that does not land within the in-bounds limits

n. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"

Verbs (25)

out

v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"

out, come out, be disclosed, be revealed

v. be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"

throw, fox, puzzle, baffle, gravel, stupefy, stupify, perplex, mystify, confuse, confound, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound, trounce

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

Adverbs (5)

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

out, away

adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"

out, away from home

adv. "They went out last night"

Adjectives (30)

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

out

adj. no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"

out

adj. directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

out

adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

out, exterior

adj. outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"

out, outlying

adj. outer or outlying; "the out islands"

out, unfashionable

adj. (unpopular)

out, retired

adj. not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"

out, extinct, extinguished, quenched

adj. being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

out, gone, away

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned, knocked out

adj. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

out, taboo, tabu, prohibited, forbidden, proscribed

adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

Fuzzynyms (88)

maze, labyrinth

n. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

tangle

n. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"

web, entanglement

n. an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

web

n. a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)

dilemma, quandary

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

acrostic, word square

n. a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across

anagram

n. a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

cryptograph, cryptogram, secret writing

n. a piece of writing in code or cipher

jigsaw, fretsaw, scroll saw

n. fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

stump, jumble, confuse, confound, mix up

v. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

amaze, astonish, astound

v. affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

flabbergast, boggle, overcome with amazement, bowl over

v. overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"

throw, flurry, confuse, bewilder, put off, disconcert, consternate, bemuse, discombobulate

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

block, blockade, stymie, hinder, obstruct, embarrass, stymy

v. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

question, wonder

v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

defunct

adj. having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

obsolete

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

wildcat, unauthorized

adj. without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"

banned, prohibited

adj. forbidden by law

illegitimate, outlaw, unlawful, illicit, outlawed

adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

wrong, incorrect

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

unutterable, ineffable, unspeakable, unnameable

adj. too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"

Synonyms (87)

puzzle over, try to solve

v. try to solve

lick, work, get, solve, figure out, puzzle out

v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

antique, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, demode, old-hat, passe, passee, old hat, out of fashion, out of style, démodé

adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

dated

adj. marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

dowdy, frumpy, frumpish

adj. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

prehistoric

adj. no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

outward, departing, outbound, outward-bound

adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

effluent, outflowing

adj. that is flowing outward

past, retiring, preceding

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

attempted

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

defeated, frustrated, disappointed, foiled, thwarted

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

undone, ruined, done for, sunk, washed-up

adj. doomed to extinction

down-and-out

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

empty-handed, unrewarded

adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

failing, failed

adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

hitless, scoreless, goalless

adj. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning"

self-defeating

adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

unfulfilled, unrealized

adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

unplaced

adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition

winless

adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"

outer

adj. being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"

outside

adj. originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

outside

adj. on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane"

satellite

adj. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"

disliked

adj. regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked"

less-traveled

adj. not visited by many travelers; "the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries"

disconnected

adj. not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected"

drained, run-down

adj. drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

invalid, irrelevant

adj. no longer having force or currency: "a dead issue"; "a dead law"

out of play

adj. (of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead"

lacking, wanting, nonexistent, missing

adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"

truant, awol

adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

comatose

adj. in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"

senseless, insensible

adj. unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

nonconscious

adj. concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; "nonconscious psychic processes"

out cold

adj. (unconscious)

semicomatose

adj. in a state of partial coma

subconscious

adj. just below the level of consciousness

unmentionable

adj. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words"

untouchable

adj. forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"

Antonyms (8)

adj. holding office; "the in party"

internal

adj. happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"

inside

adj. relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"

safe

adj. having reached a base without being put out; "the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball"

present

adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

permissible

adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

puzzle out

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