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mystery

noun

1 mystery

Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained:
— How it got out is a mystery.

synonyms: closed book, enigma, secret.

Roget 447: invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, imperceptibility; indistinctness etc. adj.; mystery, delitescence.    concealment etc. 528; latency ... show more

Roget 625: business, occupation, employment; pursuit etc. 622; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.    matter in hand, ... show more

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, ... show more

Roget 533: secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum, mystery; latency etc. 526; Asian mystery; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes [Fr.].    enigma, riddle, ... show more

Roget 526: latency, inexpression; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala, anagoge; silence etc. (taciturnity) 585; concealment etc. ... show more

Roget 528: concealment; hiding etc. v.; occultation, mystification.    seal of secrecy; screen etc. 530; disguise etc. 530; ... show more

Dutch: geheim, mysterie, verborgenheid
Polish: niewiadoma, enigma, pytajnik, znak zapytania, zagadka, tajemnica, misterium

2 mystery

A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie.

synonyms: mystery story, whodunit.

Dutch: detective verhaal, detectiveverhaal, geloofsgeheim, mysterie, whodunit, whodunnit


Moby thesaurus: Chinese puzzle, Grand Guignol, Marchen, Passion play, Tom show, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, ambiguity, ambiguousness, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, antimasque, apologue, arcanum, art, audience success ... show more.

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