Synonyms of dilemmas

dilemmas

noun

plural of dilemma

1

as in problems

a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices

faced with a dilemma of whether to risk continuing to drive in the dangerous storm or to give up searching for the lost dog and hope he survived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• problems
• quandaries
• difficulties
• double binds
• pickles
• predicaments
• impasses
• deadlocks
• quagmires
• catch-22's
• plights
• stalemates
• standoffs
• jams
• binds
• fixes
• knots
• pinches
• spots
• holes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breezes
• snaps
• duck soup
• cinches

2

as in predicaments

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 & Similar Words

• predicaments
• pickles
• holes
• difficulties
• swamps
• corners
• binds
• jams
• crises
• impasses
• quagmires
• rabbit holes
• mires
• boxes
• rattraps
• plights
• fixes
• spots
• troubles
• quandaries
• kettles of fish
• sticky wickets
• jackpots
• catch-22's
• nodes
• emergencies
• soups
• straits
• crossroads
• hot waters
• exigencies
• deadlocks
• standstills
• logjams
• pinches
• scrapes
• stalemates
• clutches
• junctures
• halts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dilemmas

All of this culminates in a stunning sequence set in a rundown hospital, where the majority of the ensemble returns, and is forced into further moral dilemmas under the threat of oblivion, in a race-against-the-clock finale shot in enrapturing long takes. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026

Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas. —Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026

Silva faces all sorts of dilemmas in the film. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026

Parents of teens are faced with many dilemmas, one of which might be whether or not to allow their teen to get a job. —Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 15 Feb. 2026

Instead of adding more junk to your drawers, these clever gadgets actually solve kitchen dilemmas we’re all faced with. —Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026

My book belongs to ongoing discussions that live in and outlive literary dilemmas. —Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

Almost everyone will have to reckon with how to handle these modern communication dilemmas. —Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Feb. 2026

Three Tri-Valley school districts are facing significant financial dilemmas heading into next year, with budget cuts and potential layoffs threatening to hit classrooms. —Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026