mystery

Meaning

1. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
2. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
3. An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
4. (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.
5. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
6. A sacrament.
7. A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
8. A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
9. A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.

Synonyms

secret

㊙️

enigma

riddle

puzzle

wonder

secrecy

miracle

conundrum

whodunit

occult

miracle-play

baffling

problem

mystery story

quiz

closed book

📕

sacrament

secrets

obscurity

quintessence

sedate

silence

soul

strange

strangeness

subtle

tickler

upper hand

whodunnit

brain teaser

life blood

abstruseness

trump card

secret skills

true meaning

profound secret

secret formula

engima

mystery play

core

curiosity

difficulty

essence

hidden

hugger-mugger

incomprehensible

inexplicable

kernel

labyrinth

last resort

left hand

marvel

maze

mystique

poser

privacy

puzzler

Hyphenated as

mys‧te‧ry

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪst(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “I initiate”), from μύω (múō, “I shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.