Synonyms of the word

pitfall

• n. A potential problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
• n. A type of trap consisting of a concealed hole in the ground: victims fall into the hole and are unable…
• n. (computing) An anti-pattern.

difficulty

• n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
• n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

pit

• n. A hole in the ground.
• n. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
• n. (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion…
• n. A mine.
• n. (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance…
• n. (trading) A trading pit.
• n. (in the plural, with the, idiomatic, slang) Something particularly unpleasant.
• n. The bottom part of.
• n. (colloquial) Armpit.
• n. (aviation) A luggage hold.
• n. (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
• n. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
• n. The grave, or underworld.
• n. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are…
• n. Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the…
• n. (gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
• v. (transitive) To make pits in.
• v. To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
• v. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
• v. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs…
• n. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
• n. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
• n. The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper…
• v. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
• n. (informal) A pit bull terrier.

trap

• n. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a…
• n. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
• n. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
• n. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
• n. The game of trapball itself.
• n. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
• n. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents…
• n. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
• n. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
• n. (slang) A person's mouth.
• n. (in the plural) Belongings.
• n. (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
• n. (sports) Trapshooting.
• n. (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
• n. (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
• n. (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner…
• n. (slang, informal, chiefly derogatory, offensive) A non-op trans woman or (femininely dressed) transvestite.
• n. A kind of movable stepladder.
• n. (music) A fusion genre of hip-hop and electronic music.
• v. (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
• v. (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
• v. (transitive) To provide with a trap.
• v. (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.
• v. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
• v. (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular, intransitive) To sell narcotics, especially in a public…
• v. (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
• n. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap…
• v. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
• n. (slang, bodybuilding) The trapezius muscle.