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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, obscure |
| Synonyms: | Delphic, Orphic, Sibylline, abstruse, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, deep, heavy, hermetic, hidden, inner, inscrutable, mystic, mystical, occult, private, profound, recondite, secret |
| Notes: | eclectic means selecting what seems best of various styles, methods, or ideas while esoteric means intended for and understandable by only a small knowledgeable group |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, known, obvious, public, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | occult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, secret; supernatural |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, deep, eerie, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, invisible, magic, magical, mystic, mystical, obscure, orphic, preternatural, profound, psychic, recondite, transmundane, unearthly, unknown, unrevealed, veiled, weird |
| Antonyms: | known, natural |
| Main Entry: | profound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intellectual, thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | Orphic, abstruse, acroamatic, deep, difficult, discerning, enlightened, erudite, esoteric, heavy*, hermetic, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, mysterious, occult, penetrating, philosophical, recondite, reflective, sagacious, sage, scholarly, secret, serious, shrewd, skilled, subtle, thorough, weighty, wise |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recondite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, obscure |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, cryptic, dark, deep, difficult, esoteric, hard, heavy*, hermetic, hidden, involved, little-known, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, pedantic, profound, scholarly, secret |
| Antonyms: | obvious, plain, simple, straightforward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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