problem

Meaning

Noun

1. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
2. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
3. A puzzling circumstance.
4. Objection.
5. Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
6. A set of moves required to complete a climb.

Adj

1. Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
2. Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.

Concepts

problem

trouble

question

difficulty

puzzle

issue

matter

riddle

annoyance

hardship

hitch

worry

obstacle

bother

misfortune

task

distress

doubt

query

topic

lesson

case

conundrum

dilemma

enigma

prob

challenge

accident

complication

snag

essence

point

sum

poser

mystery

job

brainteaser

suffering

confusion

hassle

inconvenience

disorder

exercise

nuisance

dispute

undesirable circumstance

guess

agony

anguish

matters

side

inquiry

interrogation

interrogatory

subject

crux

disturbance

quarrel

disavantage

crisis

mess

secret

engima

dead meat

nevermind

objective

disgrace

grief

pain

sorrow

questioning

speculation

incident

pester

entanglement

vicissitude

point in dispute

situation

headache

perplexity

adversity

concern

bad

misery

arduousness

complexity

complicacy

intricacy

scabrousness

scrape

severity

friction

kink

preventative

quandary

burden

great trouble

bad news

hot water

pickle

ennui

assignment

mandate

knot

disadvantage

drawback

co-wife

puzzler

impediment

obstruction

Hyphenated as

prob‧lem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒbləm/

Etymology

From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problema, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”).