problem

Nouns

  • (n) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
    • she and her husband are having problems
    • it is always a job to contact him
    • urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
    job,
  • (n) a question raised for consideration or solution
    • our homework consisted of ten problems to solve
  • (n) a source of difficulty
    • one trouble after another delayed the job
    • what's the problem?
    trouble,

Synonyms

job trouble

Words of close approximity

problematic problematical problematically problem-oriented language problem solver problem solving