PROBLEM Synonyms

• something that hinders as if with bonds

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope

• wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

• secure with or as if with ropes

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• provide with a binding

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• form a chemical bond with

• cause to be constipated

• an imaginary monster used to frighten children

• an object of dread or apprehension

• a demanding or stimulating situation

• a call to engage in a contest or fight

• questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

• a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

• a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

• take exception to

• issue a challenge to

• ask for identification

• raise a formal objection in a court of law

• the act or process of complicating

• a situation or condition that is complex or confused

• any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease

• a development that complicates a situation

• puzzling complexity

• a difficult problem

• an effort that is inconvenient

• the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

• state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

• the quality of being a hindrance

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

• To suffer a minor malfunction

• an angry disturbance

• disorderly fighting

• annoy continually or chronically

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

• (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion

• breathe spasmodically, and make a sound

• a period of time spent in military service

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• an unforeseen obstacle

• a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls

• a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

• to hook or entangle

• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

• connect to a vehicle:

• a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

• an obstacle that you are expected to overcome

• the act of jumping over an obstacle

• jump a hurdle

• an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

• one of a series published periodically

• some situation or event that is thought about

• the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

• supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• the immediate descendants of a person

• the becoming visible

• an opening that permits escape or release

• the act of issuing printed materials

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• circulate or distribute or equip with

• bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

• come out of

• make out and issue

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

• vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• preserve in a pickling liquid

• a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one