Problem

Noun

 * 1) A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
 * 2) A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
 * 3) A puzzling circumstance.

Adjectives for Problem
personal; perpetual; disciplinary; monetary; annoying; powerful; inflammatory; joyful; intolerable; vague; obscure; major; nocturnal; infinite; lifelong; hesitant; poor; delicious; cruel; constant; garrulous; complex; distressing; pathetic; contagious; invincible; luxurious; measurable; perpetual; wretched; endless; unfortunate;

Thesaurus
trouble, unassuredness, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, upset, vexation, vexatiousness, vexed question, vulnerable place, weak link, weak point, weakness, why, worriment, worry, Chinese puzzle, ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bad news, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, basis, bedevilment, besetment, bewilderment, blemish, bone of contention, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, brain twister, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, burden, can of worms, case, catch, catechism, chapter, complication, concern, confoundment, confusion, conundrum, count, crack, crashing bore, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crossword puzzle, crux, debating point, defect, defection, deficiency, delinquent, demand, devilment, difficult, difficulty, dilemma, disadvantage, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disturbance, disturbed, dogging, downer, drag, drawback, embarrassment, enigma, enigmatic question, essence, evil, exasperation, facer, failing, failure, fault, faute, feeler, fix, flaw, floorer, focus of attention, focus of interest, foible, frailty, gist, great ado, harassment, harrying, head, headache, heading, hole, hounding, illustration, imbroglio, imperfection, inadequacy, inconvenience, incorrigible, infirmity, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, intractable, issue, jam, jigsaw puzzle, kink, knot, knotty point, leader, leading question, little problem, living issue, main point, maladjusted, matter, matter in hand, meat, mess, mind-boggler, molestation, moot point, motif, motive, muddle, mystery, nonplus, nuisance, nut, nut to crack, obstreperous, peck of troubles, perplexed question, perplexity, persecution, perturbation, pest, pickle, plight, point, point at issue, point in question, poser, pother, predicament, pretty pickle, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, quandary, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, refractory, riddle, rift, rubric, scrape, sea of troubles, shortcoming, sixty-four dollar question, snag, something missing, stew, sticker, stumper, subject, subject matter, subject of thought, substance, taint, text, theme, topic, tough proposition, trial, trial balloon,

Etymology
From, from , from problema:, from  πρόβλημα:, from προβάλλω:, from προ-: + βάλλω:.

Antonyms

 * solution

Derived terms

 * fencepost problem
 * mathematical problem
 * no problem
 * problematic
 * problematical
 * problematize

Translations

 * Albanian: çështje,
 * Arabic: (múškila)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: arazo
 * Bengali: প্রব্লেম
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: kudenn
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: kalisud
 * Chinese:, , ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, takistus, kitsikus, ,
 * Finnish: ongelma, probleemi (old slang)
 * French:
 * Georgian: პრობლემა
 * German:
 * Greek: πρόβλημα (próvlima)
 * Hebrew: בעיה (b‘aya)
 * Hiligaynon: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 問題 (もんだい, mondai)
 * Japanese: 問題 (もんだい, mondai)


 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mongolian: хүндрэл
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: (bpanhăa)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: vấn đề
 * Welsh: problem
 * Yiddish: פּראָבלעם
 * Yucatec Maya:
 * Yucatec Maya:


 * Armenian: խնդիր (xndir), հարց (harc')
 * Basque: buruketa
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: poelladenn
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: harjutus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ამოცანა
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: problema
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: uzdevums
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: problemă
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Thai: (jòht)


 * Basque: arazo, buruhauste
 * Bengali: প্রব্লেম
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: problema
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: mõistatus
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian: utfordring


 * Romanian: problemă
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: (rêuang)

Noun

 * 1) problem

Noun

 * 1) problem

Noun

 * 1) problem; difficulty
 * 2) problem; schoolwork exercise

Related terms

 * problematisk
 * problematisera