mind-boggler
Confounding thought exercise
A mind-boggler is something so astonishing, complex, or difficult to comprehend that it overwhelms the mind: The scale of the universe is a real mind-boggler.
The term suggests something that strains understanding—a puzzle, paradox, or fact that resists easy processing.
Something hard to fathom
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- brainteaserPuzzle demanding clever thought
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
cryptogram · sudoku · crossword · jigsaw · rebus · tangram · wordsearch · logic puzzle
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- wondermentAwed astonishment
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
amazement · awe · shock · marvel · phenomenon · spectacle · jaw-dropper · showstopper
State of elaborate complexity
- difficultyState of being hard
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
multilayered · nuance · abstraction · paradox · impenetrability · opacity · inscrutability · depth
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- caseContainer or instance
- investigationFormal examination of facts
unsolved · thriller · suspense · cliffhanger · twist · cryptic · intrigue · secret
Physics at nanoscopic scales
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
relativity · singularity · dark matter · antimatter · spacetime · dimension · consciousness · emergence
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- brainteaserPuzzle demanding clever thought
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
paradox · cryptogram · sudoku · crossword · jigsaw · rebus · tangram · wordsearch · logic puzzle · cipher
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- wondermentAwed astonishment
disbelief · amazement · awe · shock · marvel · phenomenon · spectacle · jaw-dropper · showstopper · revelation
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- difficultyState of being hard
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
labyrinthine · multilayered · nuance · abstraction · paradox · impenetrability · opacity · inscrutability · depth · sophistication
whodunit
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
investigation · unsolved · thriller · suspense · cliffhanger · twist · cryptic · intrigue · secret · red herring
quantum mechanics
Physics at nanoscopic scales
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
multiverse · relativity · singularity · dark matter · antimatter · spacetime · dimension · consciousness · emergence · chaos theory
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
mind-bogglerno-brainer
Self-evident decision
cinch · piece of cake · cakewalk · child's play · walk in the park
mind-bogglersolution
Answer or liquid mixture
answer · explanation · resolution · clarification · elucidation
mind-bogglersolution
Answer or liquid mixture
self-evident truth · foregone conclusion · known quantity · certainty · clarity
mind, mental, mindful, minded, mindless, mindfulness, boggle, unmindful, mind-boggling