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- Dictionaryenigma/ɪˈnɪɡmə/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand: "Madeleine was still an enigma to him"
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Enigma is a noun that means something mysterious and hard to understand. Learn how to use it in sentences, synonyms, and translations.
Enigma is a word that means something hard to understand or explain, or a mysterious person or thing. It comes from a Greek word that means "to speak in riddles." See synonyms, examples, and word history of enigma.
Use the noun enigma to refer to something that is a puzzle or a mystery. Why do you have to learn difficult words like this? That is an enigma.
Enigma means a mysterious or difficult to understand person, thing, or situation. It can also refer to a German machine for encrypting messages during World War II. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms.
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation. Synonyms: problem. a person of puzzling or contradictory character: To me he has always been an enigma, one minute completely insensitive, the next moved to tears.
Enigma is a noun that means something mysterious and hard to understand. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and examples from various sources and languages.
1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation. 2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character. 3. a saying, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle. [1530–40; < Latin aenigma < Greek aínigma < ainik- (s. of ainíssesthai to speak in riddles, derivative of aînos fable)]
