mindbender
Thought-warping challenge
A mindbender is something that strains comprehension or challenges perception—a puzzle, paradox, or concept that forces the mind to work hard: That film's ending was a real mindbender.
The term often describes movies, books, or ideas with unexpected twists or counterintuitive logic.
A mindbender can also be a person who manipulates others psychologically, or slang for a hallucinogenic drug.
Puzzle demanding clever thought
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
sudoku · crossword · rebus · paradox · maze · cipher · stumper
Founding moment
- psychologicalOf the mind
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
- lynchMob killing, typically hanging
cerebral · disorienting · revelation · labyrinthine · kafkaesque · surrealist · memento
Resembling a hallucination
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
DMT · mescaline · kaleidoscopic · surreal · psychoactive · consciousness · synesthesia · psychedelia
Smallest discrete unit
- relativityHow observers differ
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- topologyStudy of spatial arrangement
- cryptographyScience of secure messaging
differential · nonlinear · manifold · algorithm · neural · abstract · theoretical · thermodynamics
brainteaser
Puzzle demanding clever thought
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
cryptogram · sudoku · crossword · rebus · paradox · maze · cipher · stumper
inception
Founding moment
- psychologicalOf the mind
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
lynch · cerebral · disorienting · revelation · labyrinthine · kafkaesque · surrealist · memento
trippy
Resembling a hallucination
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
ayahuasca · DMT · mescaline · kaleidoscopic · surreal · psychoactive · consciousness · synesthesia · psychedelia · visionary
quantum
Smallest discrete unit
- relativityHow observers differ
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- topologyStudy of spatial arrangement
cryptography · differential · nonlinear · manifold · algorithm · neural · abstract · theoretical · thermodynamics · astrophysics
- mindbendersparadox, illusion, puzzle, riddle, enigma
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
mindbenderno-brainer
Self-evident decision
cinch · cakewalk · breeze · straightforward · simple
mindbenderstraightforward
Clear and uncomplicated
conventional · predictable · obvious · mundane · ordinary
mindbenderconventional wisdom
Generally accepted beliefs
common sense · truism · platitude · cliché · banality
mind, bending, mindful, minded, mindless, mindset, minding, mindfulness, bender