abstruse

abstruse

adjective

Definition of ABSTRUSE

difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand <you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse>

Synonyms abstruse, arcane, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), recondite

Related Words erudite, learned, scholarly; academic (also academical), pedantic; complex, complicated, hard; darkling, enigmatic (also enigmatical), inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, uncanny; impenetrable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible; ambiguous, cryptic; unanswerable, unknowable; baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, disorienting, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling

Near Antonyms easy, facile, simple, straightforward; comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable; apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, lucid, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, plain, transparent

Antonyms shallow, superficial