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initiative prob. nonproblem the crux malady struggle head wrinkle lick hang up cut the Gordian knot woe hack grapple crux bugbear cure-all bull soluble address help pitfall surmount crack weakness bug cipher tack fudge weather gotcha magic bullet stopgap complex troubleshoot Job thing complication reason prob aspect worry confront bitch insoluble warning puzzler symptom nostrum think hot potato medicalize problematize problemo a tough nut to crack exacerbate condition over critique canning universal set reduction tribulation indaba work out chronic mess up culprit sort bottleneck denial Angle why thorny conquer magic wand present run enigma compound alcohol problem search develop alert light catch-22 face bind stump come up fault fathom kludge insolvable the elephant in the room hit but stumper officiate input rectify insurmountable quodlibet study embarrass fortuitous heuristic afflict reversal figure ametropia take the bull by the horns situation stutter ventilate figure out satisfaction warn forum working party investigate gremlin bypass program relieve complaint cudgel beat make a mountain out of a molehill corrective get over pothole key quick fix make an issue of on it against smooth over dispirited look into sth symptomatic hakuna mathata ease Hooker sunk go about alternative brooding sticking plaster square blow-up result grip tractable sweep something under the carpet Band-Aid forewarn queer arise nut drawback reduce cross that bridge when one comes to it formula ticket action-oriented unresolved aggravate sensitize put your heads together manage talk running sore impediment sticker set facet caution dialogue source do boggle disease workaround undecided resolutionist tough love medium sometime individual downside put on one's thinking cap illness workshop psychosomatic finesse deal with pass the buck minus pig likely bad therein lies the problem fuck-up preventive datum Victory point sth up take mind inaction dimension setback drink problem thusly canned affliction obviate disrupt hearing deal with sth worry at villain unique Bridge complicate divisor psychological aggravation ticklish with disruption equation missing link correction decimate wake–up call come elimination loan facer a monkey on one's back a bump in the road could firefighting take counsel outstanding ameliorate concentrate expedient tip of the iceberg like work around gun risk fiendish sort out act kick rider iron out puzzle out paper over goof-up the only thing correct class action infodemic insight compute investigation insuperable universe circumvent jobbing get round (or North American around) snare stupid double vision run up against advise pestilence no matter intervention have (got) sth licked mishap exponentiation unriddle run into fulsome tickler handle ailment cudgel one's brain (or brains) shit nauseous intuit niggle noose wound crucial reckoning varmint come up against sth foul-up sticky wicket clew gap flaunt rescue remedy way out calculation all be no big deal hash out sweat techno-fix trivial open-and-shut case brain buster bear offending half-measure protagonist attend to sb/sth spotlight factoid helicopter view bi- boot the rub have/know all the answers mend bedwetting frustration various readily offender cue vicious cycle tangle methodology be one's (own) lookout anxious disingenuous untangle tiptoe around besetting sin nodus decipher repro think over clinical the trouble with someone/something thinking momentarily talk over smooth hit a snag bounce clear clear up conquest dog computation bring the matter to someone's attention parameter rethink hand (just) the tip of the iceberg subproblem end-around solvent overcompensate prosocial rid piece of the puzzle create forgiving hang-up crave nuisance ensure straighten out sufferer do the trick does figure something out done DOS trap cloud on the horizon exploratory surgery make heavy weather of hit the nail on the head voodoo magnify quaesitum admit trick tiptoe around sth/sb thrash out something run away loose wake up to sth suasoria snafu sit–down keep one's nose out of suimate debut work sth out burden look overcome obstacle square up shock therapy chew blow sth out of proportion graduate inroad poristic recidivous skill run across sth feign sort out something knotty spillover alleviate feather multiply beset stuck dumsor nothing daunted cure–all extent hired gun put sth to bed smoother jugad literally minimize eliminate encounter footwork cripple complicated biologize policing curé be a martyr to sth get something out doing confer equip fail–safe irresolvable hang–up get round sth peripheral psych out ownership settle enlightened background between complacent wish away something what’s the matter deep doom beg adjudicate repulse out of the woods be in good company wrong deficiency deficit make a drama out of a fly in the ointment anatomy arrive at blame awake jigsaw cogitate rational wrestle with rebellious recur regardless sleep disorder healing wish sth away element way round impact inextricable principle visible verification proactive shadowbox experience respect bump up against assign head–in–the–sand confine multiple personality disorder science did suffer inspiration barbarity wit brick wall unknowing brazen sth out what's up? dissolution in the face of sth contain educated sorrow hole side research insomnia severe ramification play a joke/trick on sb size up speak sovereign transpire rendu palliative self-defeating whataboutery a stitch in time (saves nine) fall into place a monkey on someone's back conjugation commission cry wolf the matter unforeseen work–around sit on your hands incipient make sit down and do sth the last straw alibi credential claustrophobic concern fresh fugitive unfold recovery sort sth out nip (something) in the bud lisp revive the tip of an (or the) iceberg reductive toolkit sweep puzzle over sth put on a brave face proof refugee red herring obstinate millennium bug nag green paper key-move hassle elephant in the room cross to bear closure sympathize careful up against something unsighted divergent thinking support group group thinking breakthrough boil down to sth be nothing for it pain point black spot leave no stone unturned get around handler half the fun/problem/trouble etc with something face to face aware error recovery build-up dangerous clear the air come down to asymptomatic albatross bomb around body blow blue baby blitz aha moment a hedge against something apologize benchmark added alleviation hard sweep sth under the carpet stir sth up saving tribunal the little/small matter work through sth decide nasty np snuck precarious make a move look into logjam move pit your wits against practical escape hatch pull a rabbit out of a hat opacity section tie-up hazard truancy tussle with sth founder work through something workings worry at sth unburden wrestle with sth attend achalasia bottle dispose identify remove meliorate meet molehill name joined-up thinking past made-to-measure uh-oh lot ramify turn short sequela periphery solutionism tread on sacred/dangerous ground maze wary swept tar baby stress-induced tricky nuclear option recognize battle talk out control patch hacky selfmate defect defective clear (sth) up sort sth/sb out shrug sth off put their/our/your heads together head-scratcher get over (something or someone) avenue application assess bury your head in the sand action plan combat jump (or be thrown) in at the deep end Ebstein's anomaly entrench heal barrier grapple with go through intervene anatomize grapple with sth mode knock park rule exasperated sidestep readdress pull (or bring) a rabbit out of the (or a) hat tsar stress-related SWAT team evaporate helpful lead foul–up look at nip pain pathological project snowball simplistic simulation rack your brain(s) exercise bottom constraint concerted straighten sth out stranded patch up problem-solving Sherlock Holmes square sth away square up to sb/sth the least of someone's worries turn a blind eye throw money at something thrash sth out underlying uniqueness theorem withdraw weigh on sb/sth different take the initiative tear your hair out intellectual spanner dyslexia whistling in the wind one-shot open unknown abort a tough (or hard) nut to crack adjourn approximant in the same boat be cursed with something come at Apollonian problem come up against (or hit) a brick wall facilitator critical mix-up mechanism play down present itself czar isolate early warning system bounce back take up buddy resilient failing concentration get onto dysfunction exasperating fault line clutch/grasp at straws way out/around making manageable acerbate applicable blip blow up warn away brain teaser bring something to bear baffle community of interest a load/weight off your mind what’s wrong? distance do something/nothing/anything about something dominate bipolar disorder what with eureka center handling globesity have a quiet word with someone intricacy load no-brainer consider movement elegant pressure provision unanswered on/off the radar (screen) prone put sth down to sth put unsettled finger–pointing rest take action technical difficulty technical fix social evil shadow-box remediation self-inflicted scratch the surface malaise rollback something is (just) a matter of doing something spark target take to drink take up with hammer helpmate ghosting author believe measure working group flog work round woe is me wrestle with something deafness come/get to grips with sth demagogue computeritis intellectualize intelligent homosexual replete sound that procure riposte sure-fire stuck for an answer sympathetic shortcoming speech impediment get (or take or have) the bit between (or North American in) one's teeth epidemic think group perspective once open-and-shut skate scratch/scrape the surface root sth/sb out keep one's powder dry long view soul-searching recall responsum rack one's brain suit band-aid solution shake Synectics take something on board birth defect stress test supine subject white paper hell resilience rise to unsolved urgent change (your) tack cop–out check closed issue intractable exasperate exasperation koan (it's) no biggie force get around something kill or cure one-sided problematical a stitch in time saves nine a spot of bother attention be over the hump apologetic Achilles heel appease astigmatism drop/dump something in someone’s lap drug bulk allay express logic familiar fiddle while Rome burns

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Words For "problem"

As you've probably noticed, words for "problem" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "problem" are: solution, answer, cure, question, and puzzle. There are 995 other words that are related to or similar to problem listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "problem" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.

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