# conundrum

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** noun
- **Pronunciation:** /kəˈnʌndrəm/
- **English:** a confusing problem that is hard to solve
- **Persian:** معما، مسئله‌ی دشوار

## Example

> The company faces a real conundrum.
> شرکت با یک معمای واقعی روبه‌روست.

## Synonyms

puzzle, dilemma

## Common phrases

- a conundrum for
- ethical conundrum
- solve a conundrum

## Related words

- [plausible](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/plausible): reasonable and likely to be true (C2)
- [prudent](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/prudent): careful and sensible, especially about the future (C2)
- [salient](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/salient): most noticeable or important (C2)
- [arbitrary](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/arbitrary): decided by chance or personal choice rather than by reason (C1)
- [bias](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/bias): an unfair preference for or against someone or something (C1)
- [contemplate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/contemplate): to think about something for a long time (C1)
- [discrepancy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/discrepancy): a difference between things that should be the same (C1)
- [ostensibly](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/ostensibly): seeming to be true but possibly not (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/conundrum