Synonyms and antonyms of Mysteries, riddles and unknown things or people in British Thesaurus

mystery (noun)

something that you are not able to understand, explain, or get information about

riddle (noun)

someone or something that is mysterious or confusing

uncertainty (noun)

something that you cannot be certain about or cannot depend on

mystery (noun)

someone or something that is interesting or exciting because they are difficult to explain, understand, or get information about

puzzle (noun)

someone or something that you cannot understand

enigma (noun)

someone or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand

perplexity (noun)

something that makes a subject or situation difficult to understand

secret (noun)

something that cannot be explained or that is difficult to understand

thing (noun)

an object that you are not familiar with or do not know much about

unknown quantity (noun)

someone or something that you have no knowledge or experience of but that is likely to affect a situation that you are involved in

a closed book ()

something or someone that is very difficult to understand

a closed book (to someone) ()

someone or something that you do not know or understand anything about

arcana (noun)

things that are mysterious or difficult to understand

better the devil you know (than the devil you don’t) ()

used for saying that it is safer to deal with a bad but familiar person or thing than to risk dealing with someone or something that you do not know and that could be worse

blind spot (noun)

a subject that you do not understand well, often because you do not want to know or admit the truth about it

crapshoot (noun)

informal a situation in which you do not know what will happen

dark horse (noun)

someone with a secret, especially a secret ability, skill, or achievement, that surprises you when you finally discover it

imponderable (noun)

formal something that is impossible to judge or calculate exactly

labyrinth (noun)

a system or process that has a lot of very complicated details

maze (noun)

a set of closely connected but complicated rules, issues, ideas etc

mist (noun)

something that makes it difficult for you to understand something

mysteries (noun)

often humorous information about a subject or activity that only some people are allowed to know

obscurity (noun)

formal something that it is difficult to understand

the outside world (noun)

people and places that you do not know because you have no connection or communication with them

sphinx (noun)

mainly literary someone who is mysterious or has many secrets

stranger (noun)

someone who you do not know

the twilight zone (noun)

a place that is mysterious, or a situation that cannot easily be explained

uncharted territory/waters ()

an activity or subject that people do not know anything about or have not experienced before

the unknown (noun)

everything that you do not know or have not experienced

unknown (noun)

something that you cannot imagine or prepare for because you know very little about it

unknown (noun)

something that you do not know

unknown (noun)

someone who is not famous

virgin territory ()

an activity or situation that you have never experienced or that you know nothing about

will o’ the wisp (noun)

literary someone who you cannot depend on