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dilemma

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dilemma

1 a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices
  • faced with a dilemma whether to cancel his vacation or miss the wedding
Synonyms of dilemma

double bind, quandary
Words Related to dilemma

deadlock, impasse, quagmire, stalemate, standoff

knot, problem

bind, difficulty, fix, hole, jam, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, spot
Near Antonyms of dilemma

breeze, cinch, duck soup, snap
2 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
  • With home prices in a free fall, sellers were in a terrible dilemma.
Synonyms of dilemma

bind, catch-22, corner, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, spot
Words Related to dilemma

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait
Phrases Synonymous with dilemma

kettle of fish

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