problem

acute, big, enormous, grave, great, serious

We face a serious problem with the water supply in our neighborhood.

little, minor, petty

complex, complicated, difficult, knotty, thorny

growing

basic, central, main, major

common

pressing, urgent

immediate

insoluble, insuperable, insurmountable, intractable

After months of trying to fix the leak, they realized it was an insoluble problem.

long-standing, long-term, perennial

practical

technical

attitude, behavioural, emotional, psychological

She struggled with emotional problems after the accident, but therapy really helped her.

health, physical, sexual

back, heart, knee

drink, drug

social

housing

economic, financial

The country faced serious economic problems after the factory closures.

environmental

legal

be, pose, present (sb with)

Finding a reliable babysitter presented us with quite a serious problem last summer.

have

bring, cause, create

The new software created problems for our team during the first week.

be beset with, be confronted by/with, be dogged by, be faced with, be fraught with, confront, encounter, face, run into

The new software project ran into serious problems during the testing phase.

raise

During the discussion, my colleague raised an important problem about the new software system.

identify

consider, debate, discuss, look at/into

address, approach, attack, combat, come/get to grips with, grapple with, handle, tackle

The government is tackling the problem of rising homelessness in the city.

avoid, circumvent, find a way around/round, get around/round

clear up, cure, deal with, overcome, resolve, solve

She worked with a therapist to overcome the anxiety problem that had affected her for years.

alleviate, ease, reduce

exacerbate

analyse, explore

arise, come up, occur

A serious technical issue came up during the software update yesterday.

exist

persist, remain

Despite several attempts to fix it, the technical issue remains a major obstacle for our team.

confront sb, face sb

lie in sth

The main problem lies in how we organized the project from the beginning.

area

child

~ about

There was a problem about who would pay for the broken window.

~ for

Loud neighbors can be a real problem for people who work night shifts.

~ of

The government is trying to find solutions to the problem of unemployment in rural areas.

~ with

My younger brother has a problem with getting to school on time every morning.

an approach to a problem, the crux/heart/root of the problem

The committee finally identified the heart of the problem during yesterday's meeting.

a remedy/solution to a problem, the scale of a problem

complicated, difficult

easy, simple

mathematical

The student struggled with the mathematical problem on the final exam.

do, find the answer to, solve

My sister spent all evening trying to solve a difficult math problem for her test.

solving

Engineers used creative problem-solving to fix the broken water system in the village.