boggler

Something that astonishes

Something that boggles—usually the mind.

A boggler is anything so astonishing, complex, or difficult to comprehend that it overwhelms mental processing: That plot twist was a real boggler.

The term is casual and often playful, frequently appearing as mind-boggler for emphasis.

conundrum

enigma

Something hard to fathom

  • riddlePuzzling question to solve
  • mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
  • paradoxSeemingly absurd truth

quandary · dilemma · perplexity · bewilderment · puzzlement · head-scratcher · confusion · stumper · anomaly · complication

puzzle

brain-teaser

Challenging mental puzzle

tiles · letters · anagram · crossword · jumble · acrostic · wordplay · solver · cubes · quizzes

mind

astonishment

Intense sudden wonder

  • amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
  • wonderAmazement or curiosity
  • aweReverent fear and wonder

disbelief · overwhelm · staggering · astounding · incomprehensible · unfathomable · inconceivable · stupefying · dumbfounding · flabbergasting

Opposites
cognitive clarity

bogglerno-brainer

Self-evident decision

cinch · slam dunk · piece of cake · child's play · self-evident truth

remarkableness

bogglermundanity

Everyday, unremarkable quality

banality · commonplace · nothing special · triviality · ho-hum

comprehensibility

bogglerno-brainer

Self-evident decision

clarifier · explainer · simplifier · obviousness · self-evident truth

Phrases
Family

boggle, boggling, boggles, boggled

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