problems

Meaning of problems

plural noun
  1. a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.
    they have financial problems
    the problem of ageism in Hollywood
  2. an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law.

late Middle English (originally denoting a riddle or a question for academic discussion): from Old French probleme, via Latin from Greek problēma, from proballein ‘put forth’, from pro ‘before’ + ballein ‘to throw’.

Information about problems

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of problems is: problem.
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Hyphenation of problems

prob-lems

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • problems is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

problems synonyms

Meaning a thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand:

difficulty

Meaning an important topic or problem for debate or discussion:

issue

Meaning difficulty or problems:

trouble

Meaning a source of anxiety:

worry

Meaning a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty:

complication

Meaning a situation that is confused and full of problems:

mess

Meaning an untidy and disorganized state or collection:

muddle

Meaning an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback:

snag

Meaning a temporary difficulty or problem:

hitch

Meaning a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem:

drawback

Meaning a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress:

obstacle

Meaning a problem or difficulty that must be overcome:

hurdle

Meaning an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with a sudden closure of the glottis and a characteristic gulping sound:

hiccup

Meaning a reversal or check in progress:

setback

Meaning a hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation:

catch

Meaning a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation:

quandary

Meaning a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation:

predicament

Meaning a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation:

plight

Meaning an unfortunate condition or event:

misfortune

Meaning an unlucky accident:

mishap

Meaning an unfortunate incident; a mishap:

misadventure

Meaning a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable:

dilemma

Meaning a thing or person that causes worry or difficulty; a problem:

headache

Meaning a problem:

prob

Meaning irritating inconvenience:

hassle

Meaning a difficult situation:

pickle

Meaning a difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament:

fix

Meaning a difficult task:

job

Meaning an imaginary mischievous sprite regarded as responsible for an unexplained mechanical or electronic problem or fault:

gremlin

Meaning a blow to the face:

facer

Meaning confusion; uproar:

katzenjammer

Meaning a problem, difficulty, or complication:

nodus

Meaning a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance:

nuisance

Meaning a person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty:

bother

Meaning an annoying person or thing; a nuisance:

pest

Meaning a substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body:

irritant

Meaning the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried:

vexation

Meaning the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty:

drag

Meaning an annoying or tedious person or thing:

pain

Words that rhyme with problems

emblems, miniproblems, nonproblems, periblems, subproblems, clems, phellems, golems, Moslems, Muslems, moslems, metaxylems, protoxylems, xylems, ylems

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