Synonyms for puzzle out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : puhz-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌz əl |
Top 10 synonyms for puzzle out Other synonyms for the word puzzle out
- adapt
- analyze
- anatomize
- break
- break down
- bring out
- catch on to
- choose
- cipher
- clinch
- comprehend
- construe
- crack
- decipher
- decree
- design
- discover
- disentangle
- dissect
- dissolve
- dope out
- elect
- elucidate
- encipher
- explain
- expound
- fathom
- figure
- figure out
- find the key
- fix
- follow
- get
- illuminate
- illustrate
- intend
- interpret
- iron out
- lick
- make a point of
- make clear
- make heads or tails of
- make out
- make plausible
- make reasonable
- master
- opine
- pan out
- pass upon
- propose
- purpose
- puzzle out
- read
- reason
- remain firm
- render
- resolve
- reveal
- rule
- see
- settle
- solve
- spell
- straighten out
- suppose
- take a stand
- think
- think out
- tidy
- translate
- transliterate
- transpose
- undertake
- unfold
- unravel
- unriddle
- unscramble
- untangle
- unzip
- will
- work
- work out
- work through
Définition of puzzle out
Origin :- 1590s, pusle "bewilder, confound," possibly frequentative of pose (v.) in obsolete sense of "perplex" (cf. nuzzle from nose). Related: Puzzled; puzzling.
- As in resolve : verb make up one's mind; find solution
- As in clear up : verb explain; resolve
- As in decipher : verb figure out, understand
- As in do : verb figure out, solve
- As in figure : verb understand; decide, infer
- The next thing was to puzzle out what was written in the letter.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- It is a very great pleasure to me to puzzle out the sentences.
- Extract from : « Field and Forest » by Oliver Optic
- She wanted to be alone, to puzzle out what the coming of this man meant to her.
- Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
- But there was no sense in trying to puzzle out the reason for their having gone.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scout Automobilists » by Robert Maitland
- Then I lay quite still, trying to puzzle out what was the matter.
- Extract from : « Charge! » by George Manville Fenn
- As he worked at this he tried hard to puzzle out what had happened.
- Extract from : « To Win or to Die » by George Manville Fenn
- She wanted to think, to puzzle out all that was taking place around her.
- Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman
- So she stood there trying to puzzle out some plan for getting in.
- Extract from : « Dick and His Cat and Other Tales » by Various
- Well, Ziz, I dont say it wasnt, but we must puzzle out how he got up there and why he went.
- Extract from : « The Luminous Face » by Carolyn Wells
- Ah, that is what I have been trying to puzzle out all the way here, she said.
- Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
Antonyms for puzzle out
- assemble
- begin
- code
- complicate
- conceal
- confuse
- defer
- destroy
- disbelieve
- encode
- estimate
- fail
- fasten
- fix
- forget
- guess
- hesitate
- hide
- idle
- ignore
- join
- lose
- mend
- miss
- misunderstand
- mull
- neglect
- obscure
- oppose
- overlook
- pass
- put off
- put together
- question
- refuse
- scramble
- start
- suppress
- tangle
- twist
- undo
- unsettle
- waver
- wonder
- worsen
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