Need another word that means the same as “dilemma”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “dilemma” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Dilemma” are: quandary, predicament, difficulty, problem, puzzle, conundrum, plight, mess, muddle
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dilemma” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| conundrum | A confusing and difficult problem or question. One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts. |
| difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. There is a practical difficulty. |
| mess | A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel. She made a mess of the kitchen. |
| muddle | Informal terms for a difficult situation. A bureaucratic muddle. |
| plight | A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation. We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty. |
| predicament | (in Aristotelian logic) each of the ten ‘categories’, often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion. Finds himself in a most awkward predicament. |
| problem | A thing that is difficult to achieve. Motivation of staff can also be a problem. |
| puzzle | A jigsaw puzzle. Those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards. |
| quandary | State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. A legal quandary. |
| adversity | A difficult or unpleasant situation. Debt ridden farmers struggling with adversity. |
| agonize | Cause to agonize. I didn t agonize over the problem. |
| ail | Be ill or unwell. Exercise is good for whatever ails one. |
| challenge | Issue a challenge to. A challenge to the legality of the banning order. |
| complication | A circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty. To add further complication English speakers use a different name. |
| difficult | (of a person) not easy to please or satisfy; awkward. The questions are too difficult for the children. |
| difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. They agreed about the difficulty of the climb. |
| disquiet | Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. Public disquiet about animal testing. |
| distress | Bring into difficulties or distress especially financial hardship. They said the baby was in distress. |
| hardship | Severe suffering or privation. The many hardships of frontier life. |
| impasse | A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. The current political impasse. |
| inconvenience | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. Noise and fumes from traffic would inconvenience residents. |
| knotty | Extremely difficult or complex. Panelling in knotty pine. |
| nuisance | A bothersome annoying person. I hope you re not going to make a nuisance of yourself. |
| perturb | Throw into great confusion or disorder. The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet. |
| plight | A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. The woeful plight of homeless people. |
| predicament | (in Aristotelian logic) each of the ten ‘categories’, often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion. The club s financial predicament. |
| problem | An inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law. Our homework consisted of ten problems to solve. |
| problematic | Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. The problematics of artificial intelligence. |
| puzzled | Filled with bewilderment. She looked puzzled and angry with him. |
| quandary | State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. A legal quandary. |
| questionable | Subject to question. A fire of questionable origin. |
| stalemate | Subject to a stalemate. The war had again reached stalemate. |
| suffering | Psychological suffering. His disregard for the sufferings of his fellow countrymen. |
| tangled | In a confused mass. Oh what a tangled web we weave. |
| tortuous | Marked by repeated turns and bends. Tortuous negotiations lasting for months. |
| tough | Physically toughened. We have six tough matches in a row. |
| trouble | Take the trouble to do something concern oneself. Heart trouble. |
| unaccustomed | Not familiar or usual; out of the ordinary. A new budget of unaccustomed austerity. |
| upset | The act of upsetting something. The greatest upset in boxing history. |
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