| 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 |
| 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: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, severe |
Synonyms: |
abstruse, acroamatic, arduous, boisterous, burdensome, complex, complicated, confused, effortful, esoteric, formidable, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, intolerable, knotty, labored, laborious, onerous, oppressive, profound, recondite, rough, serious, solemn, stormy, strenuous, tedious, tempestuous, toilsome, tough, troublesome, turbulent, vexatious, violent, wearisome, weighty, wild |
Antonyms: |
easy, inconsequential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant |
| 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 |
| 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 |