| Main Entry: |
mystic/mystical
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, esoteric |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatical, hidden, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magic, magical, metaphysical, mysterial, mysterious, necromantic, nonrational, numinous, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, quixotic, sorcerous, spiritual, supernatural, telestic, thaumaturgic, transcendental, unaccountable, unknowable, visionary, wizardly |
| Antonyms: | knowable, natural, palpable, undisguised |
| Main Entry: | arcane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, secret |
| Synonyms: | cabalistic, esoteric, impenetrable, mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, unaccountable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, known, normal, outward |
| Main Entry: | cryptic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; obscure in meaning |
| Synonyms: | Delphian, Delphic, abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, uninformative, vague, veiled |
| Notes: | cryptic coloration helps conceal an animal; phaneric coloration makes an animal stand out |
| Antonyms: | clear, obvious, plain, seen, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, secret |
| Synonyms: | Delphian, abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, complicated, concealed, cryptic, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, intricate, knotty, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, not known, obscure, occult, puzzling, recondite |
| Antonyms: | apparent, distinct, evident, manifest, plain, visible |
| Main Entry: | esoteric |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, known, obvious, public, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
| Synonyms: | QT, abstruse, buried, clandestine, cloaked, close, clouded, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, eclipsed, esoteric, hermetic, hermetical, imperceivable, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out of view, private, recondite, screened, secluded, sequestered, shadowy, shrouded, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undetected, undisclosed, unexposed, unknown, unrevealed, veiled, withheld |
| Antonyms: | bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, seen, showing, uncovered |
| Main Entry: | impenetrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incomprehensible |
| Synonyms: | Delphic, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, incognizable, indiscernible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, obscure, sibylline, unaccountable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable, understandable |
| Main Entry: | inscrutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, mysterious; blank |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, arcane, cabalistic, deadpan, difficult, enigmatic, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterial, mystic, poker-faced, secret, sphinxlike, unaccountable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unreadable |
| Antonyms: | clear, comprehensible, evident, intelligible, obvious, plain |
| Main Entry: | magic/magical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bewitching, charming |
| Synonyms: | bewitched, charismatic, clairvoyant, conjuring, demoniac, diabolic, eerie, enchanted, enchanting, ensorcelled, entranced, entrancing, extraordinary, fascinating, fiendish, ghostly, haunted, imaginary, magnetic, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, mystic, mythical, necromantic, occult, otherworldly, parapsychological, runic, sorcerous, spectral, spellbinding, spellbound, spiritualistic, spooky, telekinetic, thaumaturgic, tranced, uncanny, unusual, weird, witching, witchlike, wizardly, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | normal, unmoving |