Antonyms for puzzler


Grammar : Noun
Spell : puhz-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌz lər


Definition of puzzler

Origin :
  • 1650s, agent noun from puzzle (v.).
  • noun mystery
Example sentences :
  • “Well, it is a puzzler,” said Adams, with a quiet smile and a perplexed look.
  • Extract from : « The Lonely Island » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • “It will be a puzzler, without Smoker can run it down,” said Humphrey.
  • Extract from : « The Children of the New Forest » by Captain Marryat
  • This was a puzzler to Kelly, who only knew his own side of the question.
  • Extract from : « The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim » by William Carleton
  • This is a puzzler, but there is an apparent way of surmounting the difficulty.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV » by Various
  • This question is often a puzzler for both Compositor and Reader.
  • Extract from : « Shakspere & Typography » by William Blades
  • "Well, if this isn't a puzzler, I don't know what is," observed Grif.
  • Extract from : « Grif » by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
  • That question, which raised a general laugh at my expense, was a puzzler.
  • Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • How she come to be related to that hard-as-nails Joe Stagg is a puzzler.
  • Extract from : « Carolyn of the Corners » by Ruth Belmore Endicott
  • All this was plain enough, but the last sentence was the puzzler.
  • Extract from : « Bucky O'Connor » by William MacLeod Raine
  • I can easily descend with the cavalry, but how to get the wagons down is a puzzler.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) » by Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)

Synonyms for puzzler

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