Thesaurus:dilemma

Thesaurus

dilemma

English

Noun

Sense: a choice between two undesirable alternatives

Synonyms

• Catch-22
• dilemma
• Morton's fork
• no-win situation
• quandary
• Sophie's choice

Hypernyms

• difficult situation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• option    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• double bind

Coordinate terms

• trilemma
• tetralemma
• polylemma

Various

• conundrum
• have the wolf by the ear (idiomatic, verb)
• Hobson's choice
• lose-lose
• spanner

See also

• Thesaurus:in a dilemma

Further reading

• “475. uncertainty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “476. reasoning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “609. choice” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “704. difficulty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “dilemma” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.