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| 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: | incomprehensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | Delphic, Greek, baffling, beats me, beyond comprehension, beyond one's grasp, clear as mud, cryptic, enigmatic, fathomless, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, over one's head, perplexing, puzzling, sibylline, unclear, unfathomable, ungraspable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable |
| Main Entry: | inconceivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason, belief |
| Synonyms: | extraordinary, fantastic, imcomprehensible, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, incredible, insupposable, mind-boggling*, phony, rare, reachy, staggering, strange, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unheard-of, unimaginable, unknowable, unlikely, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak*, won't fly, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, conceivable, fathomable, imaginable, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inscrutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, mysterious; blank |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, arcane, cabalistic, deadpan*, difficult, enigmatic, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mystic, secret, unaccountable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unreadable, mysterial, poker-faced*, sphinxlike, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | clear, comprehensible, evident, intelligible, obvious, plain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mysterious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, concealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird, alchemistic, astrological, enigmatical, mystifying, necromantic, sphinxlike, unknowable |
| Notes: | mysterious means of an obscure nature, while mystical means having a divine meaning that transcends human understanding |
| Antonyms: | apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | mystic/mystical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, esoteric |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, hidden, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magic, magical, metaphysical, mysterious, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, quixotic, spiritual, supernatural, transcendental, unaccountable, visionary, enigmatical, mysterial, necromantic, nonrational, numinous, sorcerous, telestic, thaumaturgic, unknowable, wizardly |
| Antonyms: | knowable, natural, palpable, undisguised |
| Main Entry: | supernatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, not of this world |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, celestial, concealed, dark, fabulous, fairy, ghostly, heavenly, hidden, impenetrable, invisible, legendary, metaphysical, miraculous, mystic, mythical, obscure, occult, paranormal, phantom, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, rare, secret, spectral, superhuman, superior, transcendental, uncanny, unearthly, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknown, unnatural, unusual, mythological, numinous, supermundane, superordinary, supranatural, uncomprehensible, unknowable, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | earthly, genuine, natural, real, true, existent |
| Main Entry: | unaccountable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not explainable; mysterious |
| Synonyms: | arcane, astonishing, baffling, extraordinary, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mystic, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, uncommon, unfathomable, unheard-of, unintelligible, unusual, unexplainable, unknowable, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | accountable, comprehensible, explainable, responsible |
| Main Entry: | unforeseeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable |
| Synonyms: | capricious, chance, chancy, changeable, fluky*, incalculable, random, uncertain, unexpected, from left field, unknowable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unimaginable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mind-boggling |
| Synonyms: | doubtful, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, impossible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable, ineffable, rare, singular, unbelievable, uncommon, unheard-of, unique, unthinkable, beyond wildest dreams, inapprehensible, incogitable, not understandable, unknowable, unordinary |
| Antonyms: | believable, imaginable, describable |
| Main Entry: | unintelligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, equivocal, illegible, impenetrable, inarticulate, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, obscure, opaque, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unfathomable, unreadable, vague, Greek, fathomless, incognizable, inexplicit, unexplicit, ungraspable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, intelligible, meaningful, understandable |
| Main Entry: | mystic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, esoteric, hidden, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magic, magical, metaphysical, mysterious, mystical, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, quixotic, spiritual, supernatural, transcendental, unaccountable, visionary, enigmatical, mysterial, necromantic, nonrational, numinous, sorcerous, telestic, thaumaturgic, unknowable, witchlike, wizardly |
| Main Entry: | impenetrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incomprehensible |
| Synonyms: | arcane, baffling, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, hidden, indiscernible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, obscure, unaccountable, unfathomable, unintelligible, Delphic, enigmatical, incognizable, sibylline, ungraspable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable, understandable |
| Main Entry: | unfathomable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe; difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, baffling, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, heavy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, obscure, profound, unintelligible, clear as mud, incognizable, too deep, uncomprehensible, ungraspable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | believable, comprehensible, fathomable |
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| Main Entry: | obscurity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
loose, abstruse, ambiguous, brumous, confused, crabbed, dark, dim, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, illegible, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incognizable, incommunicable, inconceivable, inconceptible, indefinite, inexplicable, inexpressible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, involved, larvate, latent, latitant, macroscian, metagnostic, misty, muddy, mysterious, mystic, mystical, nebulous, nubilous, obscure, occult, paradoxical, perplexed, puzzlepated, puzzling, recondite, searchless, sphingine, tenebrific, transcendental, turbid, unaccountable, unconceived, undeciphered, undefinable, undetermined, undiscernible, undiscoverable, unexplained, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, vague
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