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| 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 |
Example Sentences
- Mystic is a village divided, many times a day, by a bridge.
- But mystic appeals to tradition and diversity remain important.
- The brain remains mystic to scientists as well as to spirtualists and yogis.
| 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 |
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