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abstruse

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of abstruse

difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand

youʼre not the only one who finds Einsteinʼs theory of relativity abstruse

Synonyms of abstruse

arcane, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), profound, recondite

Words Related to abstruse

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 of abstruse

easy, facile, simple, straightforward

comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, lucid, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, plain, transparent

Antonyms of abstruse

shallow, superficial

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